Superpatriotism by Michael Parenti

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On the U.S. flag: School children have to pledge loyalty to this piece of cloth every morning. No one has to pledge loyalty to justice and equality and human decency. No one has to promise that people will get a fair wage, or enough food to eat ... But we all have to promise to love a rectangle of red, white and blue cloth. —Charlotte Aldebron, 12 years old, 2002

Superpatriotism examines how hype, fear, and mindless flag-waving are supplanting informed debate and commitment to democracy and social justice. Parenti also examines how U.S. leaders and the media fan the flames of fear to win support for huge arms budgets, military interventions, and global aggrandizement, as well as to insure political orthodoxy at home and abroad.

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