I don’t understand this weird American obsession with flag. I was looking at some photos of Trump’s rallies. Flags everywhere - on shirts, hats, glasses etc. And this bizarre cult of the flag - “it cannot touch the ground” etc.

At the end of the day the flag is just a piece of cloth. If you worship any flag or take offense to any flag, you need to get a life.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    If you want to get technical about it, it’s a symbol of a nation’s military. That was what national flags were originally for.

    • Lvxferre@mander.xyzEnglish
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      4 months ago

      it’s a symbol of a nation’s military

      Not any more. You’re 100% right on the origin, but the symbol eventually became of the whole structure of power that [typically] includes the military.

      That’s why for example even countries without an army or a navy still have flags.