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Medieval lands owned by a nobleman or lord for whom the serfs labored and owed allegiance were known as manors or feudal estates. These were self-sufficient agricultural areas, usually centered around a manor house or castle, where the lord exercised control over the serfs who worked the land.
Usually it's a form of showing pride in your country (Nationalism). Others don't say it because a lot of schools in the US make their students stand up and say the pledge of allegiance every single school day in the morning before they start the actual announcements and they believe it denies their rights as an individual.
Those who do say it do so because they believe you should express your loyalty to your country - every day, in the case of school children. Those who don't say it do so for many reasons: 1. Meaning lost in endless repetition, no explanation given, no history provided. 2. Comprises an ideological viewpoint that is forced on little kids by authorities to whom they are dependent. 3. The two above, taken together, is the definition of brainwashing. 4. The absurdity of having to repeat a pledge daily that apparently is only good for 24 hours. 5. The conforming routine of it, which makes you feel like a brain-dead robot sheep as opposed to a citizen of a free country who enjoys individual liberty. 6. Subordinates the people to the government, which we are told on good authority was created by us, with allegiance to us, not us to it. 7. Exalts nationalism over federalism contrary to the basic principles of our Republic. Subsuming states and individual rights to central government is a necessary pre-requisite for a centralized, socialist government to gain traction. This was an explicit goal of Francis Bellamy, the socialist author of the PofA. 8. Encourages jingoism. Antagonistic tribalism. No other countries have their citizens swear a loyalty oath to their government (except Mexico and the Philippines, mimicking the U.S). 9. Concocted by a company that sold flags as part of a plan to compel schools to buy more flags while instilling socialist-style nationalism in American children. 10. Unsavory connection with Nazis. The Pledge originally featured the Nazi-style salute. In fact, Hitler got it from the Italian fascists who much admired, that's right, kids in America doing it while saying the Pledge. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute (Man, if that doesn't give you chills) 11. Is patriotic lip-service in place of, even at the expense of, actual civic engagement and action. (Symbolic patriotism) 12. Is uncritical patriotism at the expense of maintaining oversight over government. (Blind patriotism) 13. Considered by many Christians idolatry, taking the name of God in vain, swearing oaths, serving two masters. 14. Divides the nation (and the classroom) along religious lines. Only those represented by the Judeo-Christian "God" need apply as patriots (Ironic that "under God", comes right before "indivisible.") 15. Is hypocritical on the part of adults, bullying little kids into doing something that adults themselves don't do. (You say the Pledge every day, do you, and on a government mandated schedule?) 16. And last, but not least, pledging allegiance to a flag is just stupid.
For Athens to dominate the Greek world by military force. For it to lift the standards of its citizens by levying taxes from the 180 allied cities it had turned into an empire. To give power to the male citizens whom he believed he could dominate by his oratory, and the political and financial benefits he delivered to them.
Loyalty Leagues were groups of citizens, who spied on other citizens who where thought to have connections with the German Kaiser.(For example, someone with a German last name.) They wanted to rid the country of all disloyal people. However they spied on neighbors, friends, and even family members. Many of whom had no connections at all.
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Medieval lands owned by a nobleman or lord for whom the serfs labored and owed allegiance were known as manors or feudal estates. These were self-sufficient agricultural areas, usually centered around a manor house or castle, where the lord exercised control over the serfs who worked the land.
REPRESENTATIVES WHOM ARE ELECTED BY CITIZENS TO REPRESENT THEM IN CONGRESS.
Yes they can, and it has happened.
Richard M. Nixon, the republican presidential nominee, pledged to represent the American people as a whole. He aimed to bring unity and stability to the nation and emphasized his commitment to uphold the values and interests of all citizens.
Citizens 18 years old & older.
they let the customers and citizens decide.
Antigone owes a longer allegiance to death than to life. According to her, she will spend far more time in the realm of the dead than in the world of the living. She therefore wants to behave in such a way that she's welcomed by family and loved ones after her death.
Knights were not allowed to break their word to their overlord (if he did, he was charged with "treason" for betraying the order of knighthood) but were allowed to deceive others to whom they had sworn no loyalty.
Usually it's a form of showing pride in your country (Nationalism). Others don't say it because a lot of schools in the US make their students stand up and say the pledge of allegiance every single school day in the morning before they start the actual announcements and they believe it denies their rights as an individual.
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Germany. They were forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles, which was invalidated by the Anschluß in 1936.