Public comments about a court case involving the Pledge of Allegiance show
that few people know that the pledge was written in 1892 by a self-proclaimed
socialist in the U.S. nationalist movement, to promote socialism in the
most socialistic institution -government schools. http://rexcurry.net/pledge4.html
Few people know that the original salute to the flag was the origin of
the "Nazi salute" that was adopted later by the "Nazis," and that "Nazi"
means "National Socialist German Workers' Party." See the work of the noted
symbolist Dr. Rex Curry (author of "Pledge of Allegiance Secrets"). http://rexcurry.net/pledge-allegiance-pledge-allegiance2.jpg
The pledge of allegiance was authored by the self-proclaimed socialist
Francis Bellamy. Bellamy was the first cousin of the socialist Edward Bellamy.
Edward Bellamy's futuristic novel, "Looking Backward," was published in
1888, and described life in the year 2000. It described a totalitarian
society where all private transactions are outlawed, where the government
places all men in an "industrial army" and where the monolithic government
school system is operated specifically as part of the "industrial army" system.
Of course, all of the preceding was portrayed as a dandy utopia just as it
was portrayed by so many apologists for the industrial armies of socialist
hell-holes worldwide. http://rexcurry.net/pledge1.html
The book spawned a socialist movement in the U.S. known as "Nationalism,"
with the Nationalist magazine, and "Nationalist Clubs" whose members wanted
the federal government to nationalize most of the American economy. Francis
Bellamy was a member of this movement and a vice president of its socialist
auxiliary group. http://rexcurry.net/pledgesalute.html
Francis Bellamy had often lectured on the so-called "virtues of socialism
and the evils of capitalism." In 1891, he was forced to resign from his church
because of his socialist activities and sermons. He then joined the staff
of the magazine "Youth's Companion" and wrote the pledge of allegiance, first
In the original articles about the Pledge of Allegiance, Francis
Bellamy promotes government schools and snipes at the many better alternatives,
and urges that education should come only from government. It is consistent
with the government school monopoly in the book "Looking Backward" and the
"industrial army" promoted by the Bellamys.
Bellamy lived during the time when schools were becoming socialized heavily
in the United States. When the U.S. Constitution was written, children
received private educations (schools are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution).
Edward Bellamy's book was translated into 20 foreign languages. It
was popular among the elite in pre-revolutionary Russia, and was even read
by Lenin's wife. John Dewey and the historian Charles Beard intended to praise
the book when they stated that it was matched in influence only by Das Kapital.
Francis Bellamy lived from 1855 to1931. Edward Bellamy lived from 1850-1898.
Edward Bellamy was spared witnessing the horrors that his socialism caused
to the rest of humanity. Francis Bellamy lived in the U.S. during the first
14 years of mass atrocities under the industrial army of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics. Francis Bellamy might not have known about the
horrors of his socialist ideas in the U.S.S.R. at that time. Francis
Bellamy lived long enough to see a similar salute and philosophy espoused
by the industrial army of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
If Edward Bellamy's fictional character had awakened in the year 2000
he would have learned that since 1887 Bellamy's philosophy had set and was
holding all the worst records for shortages, poverty, misery, starvation,
atrocities and mass slaughter.
According to R. J. Rummel's article in the Encyclopedia of Genocide (1999)
the worst trio of socialist atrocities (see http://rexcurry.net/socialists.jpg)
occurred under the industrial armies of: (1) the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, 62 million deaths, 1917-'87; (2) People's Republic of China,
35 million, 1949-'87; (3) Germany under the National Socialist German Workers’
Party, 21 million, 1933-'45.
After the National Socialist German Workers' Party tried to impose socialism
on the world, many U.S. citizens were disturbed by the Pledge's similar
salute and that it was written by a National Socialist in the U.S.
Although the salute changed, the pledge remained the same.
There is something more disturbing than all of the above: Most children
are never told any of the preceding history in government schools, even though
there is a totalitarian-style robotic recital of the pledge as a collective
by children in government schools en masse on cue from the government every
It is a wonder why anyone recites the Pledge of Allegiance. It is
probably because of rampant ignorance about the Pledge's origin and history.
No one would trust the government to tell you the truth if it ran the newspapers.
Why would anyone expect the government to tell children the truth in government
schools? As Libertarians say: The separation of school and state is as important
as the separation of church and state. And that is the real solution to
the pledge debate and all other school issues: remove government from education.
Pledge of Allegiance under God? Establishment of religion - the worship of
government? words, history, audio, lyrics, meaning Pledge of Allegiance in
schools and to the Christian flag.
"A State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments
in its hands -- even for beneficial purposes -- will find that with small
men, no great thing can really be accomplished" -- John Stuart Mill.