A lot of nationalistic bullshit got forced on us by knee-jerk reactionaries. We dropped the Bellamy salute thankfully, and I think you can understand why it got replaced in 1942…
Upham, upon reading the pledge, came into the posture of the salute, snapped his heels together, and said, "Now up there is the flag; I come to salute; as I say 'I pledge allegiance to my flag'
Some coinage started having it in the mid 1800s for similar political reasons, not against communists but against the heathens (which started as the Union against the Confederates, but then could be expanded to whomever was "against the nation". Some proponents wanted it even more religious.
Yeah, in this case mind your business means "keep your nose to the grindstone" because time is flying by. It was when mind your business was a literal phrase and didn't get the connotations of "don't mind mine."
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Right. Wasn’t that "in god we trust" bullshit forced onto us in the 1950s?
It was, along with “one nation under God.”
I love how they went mask-off and divided “one nation indivisible“ with “under god”
If you pay really close attention in Christmas Vacation the woman who says the pledge doesn’t say “under god” because she didn’t learn it that way.
And, in true Cold War fashion, please ignore that the author of the original Pledge of Allegiance was an American socialist.
A lot of nationalistic bullshit got forced on us by knee-jerk reactionaries. We dropped the Bellamy salute thankfully, and I think you can understand why it got replaced in 1942…
Some coinage started having it in the mid 1800s for similar political reasons, not against communists but against the heathens (which started as the Union against the Confederates, but then could be expanded to whomever was "against the nation". Some proponents wanted it even more religious.
Apparently "fugio" translates to "I flee." I'd never heard that portion:
https://goong.com/latin/fugio_meaning/
From the Wikipedia article: "Latin: I flee/fly, referring to time flying by"
Yeah, in this case mind your business means "keep your nose to the grindstone" because time is flying by. It was when mind your business was a literal phrase and didn't get the connotations of "don't mind mine."
Actually the first US penny if the wikipedia article is to be believed.
The Teletubbies scriptures have foretold his coming
Sorry for the shitpost then.
More seriously, probably a representation of the masonic supreme being, I would guess.
Looks more to me like the morning star.
A star? That's Jesus.
A lamb? Also Jesus.
A lily? Still Jesus.
A pelican? Believe it or not, Jesus.
The morning star as jesus? That makes the whole mythology very interesting.