Updates
- Originally published, January 31, 2021, 12:35 pm.
- February 1, 2021, 8:11 pm:
- I have been adding to the list of relevant blog posts for the corrected pledge of allegiance.
Pledge of Allegiance
If we were honest, this is what we’d have schoolchildren recite every morning:
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Amerikkka,
and to the constitutional oligopoly for which it stands,
one country under the evangelical Protestant God,
profoundly divided,
with liberty for rich whites and injustice for everyone else.— David Benfell, Ph.D. (@n4rky) January 31, 2021
Relevant blog posts:
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Amerikkka, July 3, 2020.
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A constitutional oligarchy: Deconstructing Federalist No. 10, April 22, 2020, updated through December 20, 2020.
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Pure poison, December 17, 2020, updated through January 22, 2020.
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The connection between “original sin,” misogyny, and white supremacism, November 25, 2018.
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On ‘freedom,’ September 13, 2020.
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On the pretense of ‘law and order,’ September 11, 2020.
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A piper needs paying, December 19, 2020, updated through January 29, 2021.
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Market homelessness, January 1, 2021.
The GameStop Squeeze
Cory Doctorow has an explanation for the rest of us.[1]
Cory Doctorow, “Understanding /r/wallstreetbets,” Pluralistic, January 28, 2021, https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/28/payment-for-order-flow/#wallstreetbets
- [1]Cory Doctorow, “Understanding /r/wallstreetbets,” Pluralistic, January 28, 2021, https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/28/payment-for-order-flow/#wallstreetbets↩