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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 779508" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>No More, it was political manipulation by political operatives for the purpose of crowd control. The irony is this is a psychological tactic used by such nefarious movements as the early Russian communist movement or the German Nazi movement as it was coming to power. The whole pledge thing really came into it's own during the FDR years (all those folks before were unpatriotic?) following the grand public displays in Germany. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Ever wonder where the Nazis got their straight arm salute?</span> </a>It's purpose was to foster loyality to the grand state and away from one's local community and even family. That should also speak volumes about FDR but he wasn't alone and both parties have fostered this nonsense.</p><p> </p><p>This is nothing more than the mindless pep rallies of people's youth who feel it necessary to prove in some public display that they are true to the cause. It's like someone wearing a T-Shirt with the picture of an execution device as if this display itself proves they have a higher moral standing that allows them to cash out a bigger lottery ticket some day. The politician in the vid applauded and jump to rigid attention because he knew this was a pure vote getter and nothing more. "Ye shall know them by their fruits" is such a fantastic precept yet we ignore it when it counts the most. We keep falling for these tricks and no wonder we end up with the gov't we have, we get what we rightly deserve IMO.</p><p> </p><p>It's nothing more than Pavlov's dog on group scale. Metropolis was about a utopian society based on individuals knowing their place for the betterment of the group or colllectivism if you will (Lang's statment was about the conflict between worker and capitalist). The video posted was perfectly fitting just in that mindset of the utopian state alone. I also could have posted Pink Floyd's Welcome to the Machine and still be equally true.</p><p> </p><p>[video=youtube;-S33LATregY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S33LATregY&feature=related[/video]</p><p> </p><p>At least I found something in the spirit of non-partisanship! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSkw0-zXa9Ygmfn5ZIAj9Er9ovvJoTujHJAirfTUmcLQTf8gpE&t=1&usg=__g43S5Yg6zqvcwsO_J5fewADtOyY=" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 779508, member: 2189"] No More, it was political manipulation by political operatives for the purpose of crowd control. The irony is this is a psychological tactic used by such nefarious movements as the early Russian communist movement or the German Nazi movement as it was coming to power. The whole pledge thing really came into it's own during the FDR years (all those folks before were unpatriotic?) following the grand public displays in Germany. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute"][COLOR=red]Ever wonder where the Nazis got their straight arm salute?[/COLOR] [/URL]It's purpose was to foster loyality to the grand state and away from one's local community and even family. That should also speak volumes about FDR but he wasn't alone and both parties have fostered this nonsense. This is nothing more than the mindless pep rallies of people's youth who feel it necessary to prove in some public display that they are true to the cause. It's like someone wearing a T-Shirt with the picture of an execution device as if this display itself proves they have a higher moral standing that allows them to cash out a bigger lottery ticket some day. The politician in the vid applauded and jump to rigid attention because he knew this was a pure vote getter and nothing more. "Ye shall know them by their fruits" is such a fantastic precept yet we ignore it when it counts the most. We keep falling for these tricks and no wonder we end up with the gov't we have, we get what we rightly deserve IMO. It's nothing more than Pavlov's dog on group scale. Metropolis was about a utopian society based on individuals knowing their place for the betterment of the group or colllectivism if you will (Lang's statment was about the conflict between worker and capitalist). The video posted was perfectly fitting just in that mindset of the utopian state alone. I also could have posted Pink Floyd's Welcome to the Machine and still be equally true. [video=youtube;-S33LATregY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S33LATregY&feature=related[/video] At least I found something in the spirit of non-partisanship! :happy-very: [IMG]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSkw0-zXa9Ygmfn5ZIAj9Er9ovvJoTujHJAirfTUmcLQTf8gpE&t=1&usg=__g43S5Yg6zqvcwsO_J5fewADtOyY=[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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