"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Not P, but comparing GP's claim that the US is "instilling independence in its citizens" with the fact that American children have to repeat this every day, does strike me as a contradiction.
Yeah. I was hoping that robotresearcher's post was intended as sarcasm.
Not sarcasm, just an example against the US being a bastion of the promotion of independent political thinking.
Ah, then we are in agreement!
Hey, at least since 1942 we eliminated the Nazi-like Bellamy salute.