Pledge Allegience Gone Wrong

This was an insightful comment I couldn't help but remember.

Having people pledge alliegence to the Country they belong to is a bad thing? That's brainwashing?

Yes, it is a bad thing. You can see it on CNN, you can see it in the attitudes of American tourists overseas. They think that, just because random chance led them to being born in the USA, they are somehow a higher form of life than everyone else. Pride in your country should come from the actions of the people themselves striving to better themselves and their country, not from some dogmatic pledge injected into every childs brain.

Seems I have decided to keep posting here.