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In the US most students recite "the pledge of allegiance" every morning before school, which is kind of crazy. If you were in charge, what if anything would you replace it with?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Probably just the New Colossus poem enscribed beneath Lady Liberty.

I actually feel a sense of patriotic pride when I read that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same vein, make "This Land" the National Anthem.

A lot more down to what music most Americans actually value in their day to day anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, we don’t need a song about war to remind us how we got here, we need a song about togetherness to remind us how we should be.