Obedience Training: The Truth about the Pledge of Allegiance
A look into the origins of the pledge of allegiance – mandatory regurgitation for school children – reveals that it was actually created by a magazine in 1892 in order to sell flags to schools, and the pledge was created by Francis Bellamy to create a reason for schools to buy the flags. In turn, this social ritual creates cohesion and unity in the mind of the public with the federal government.
