Basically: In some countries, the pledge is with the constitution or the people, but in others (like constitutional monarchies), its a pledge to the (constitutional) monarch and their successors.

What is your opinion on this loyalty pledge? Do you believe it’s a reasonable request?

(For context: My mother and older brother had to do the pledge to gain [US] citizenship so the idea of deportation isn’t looming over our heads. I didn’t have do it because I was under 18 and my mother’s citizenship status automatically carried over to me according to the law.)

  • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Just look at the maps and how many straight lines they have, there is nothing natural or normal about those artificial lines of most countries.

    You’d need more war to solve that. In Europe, borders usually run along a natural defensible lines, like rivers and mountains.