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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (13 children)

"Our country has no preferential treatment for any religion"

"One nation under God"...

"In God we Trust"...

Eye of God on all 1$ bank notes...

[–] [email protected] 87 points 2 months ago (3 children)

i think the "under god" stuff was added later...

yeah, 1954

[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Apparently the pledge wasn't even a thing until the late 1800s, and wasn't adopted until the 40s.

Seems like overall is an indicator of modern jingoism and has nothing to do with founding fathers...

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In God We Trust is also an objectively less cool motto than e pluribus unum which translates to out of many, one. We traded the original ideal of a people united by difference into a boringly generic religious proclamation just to try to stick it to the commies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The beginnings of our current Christo-fascist problems in the McCarthy red scare.

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