One does not have to commit high treason in the vein of The Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3 in order to 'betray' their country. The point gimme and I are getting at is that the pledge of allegiance, particularly within schools, encourages conditioning of citizens to the point where acts of resistance to the status quo, such as Colin Kaepernick's stance on police brutality, are seen as anathema to the moral fabric of the country. Blind loyalty to an inherently fallible set of people + ideals is incredibly toxic at best, and you will not see any hesitation of moral condemnation when they believe it has taken place in other countries. Particularly if they are or were socialist or outright communist. But yet, total blindness when it comes to examining the state of things back home. Overall, gimme and I are saying it is so easy to whip the nation into a nationalist stir because of the conditioning towards the country and its elites that has been present for their entire lives.
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