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I pledge allegiance to a country that's done nothing for me. I pledge allegiance to this ticking corporate time bomb, counting down the number of people left outside of its marketing cage. *Tick tock Tick tock Tick tock* Clock counting down the number of days left until a new order passes, tying us tighter to the system we all say we want to avoid, the system hiding in the shadows of everything we do. I pledge allegiance to "by the people for the people" turned "by the people for the money" because that's the fuel of the freedom we value so highly as to put a price on it, as if that's a measure of its worth. I pledge allegiance to impossible standards laid out in HD clarity on screens too far from reality to reach, sending the message that worth is now measured by a number on a scale instead of what's in your heart. I will no longer pledge allegiance this false sense of truth hiding behind a mask of lies, Instead I'll pledge allegiance to the memory of one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Nov 21, 2013
Nov 21, 2013 at 6:57 PM UTC
I Pledge Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to a country that's done nothing for me. I pledge allegiance to this ticking corporate time bomb, counting down the number of people left outside of its marketing cage. *Tick tock Tick tock Tick tock* Clock counting down the number of days left until a new order passes, tying us tighter to the system we all say we want to avoid, the system hiding in the shadows of everything we do. I pledge allegiance to "by the people for the people" turned "by the people for the money" because that's the fuel of the freedom we value so highly as to put a price on it, as if that's a measure of its worth. I pledge allegiance to impossible standards laid out in HD clarity on screens too far from reality to reach, sending the message that worth is now measured by a number on a scale instead of what's in your heart. I will no longer pledge allegiance this false sense of truth hiding behind a mask of lies, Instead I'll pledge allegiance to the memory of one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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yates
American
Nov 21, 2013
Nov 21, 2013 at 6:57 PM UTC
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