I'll be fair, the last time I saw a hockey game in the US the military propoganda was pretty jarring. I get that it's the states and that it's how things go there. But having everyone stand up in the middle of the game to give awknoledgement to the soldiers fighting some war somewhere with the patriotic propoganda playing on the jumbotron and every screen felt very much like something out of 1984. Or dare I say it North Korea.

I'm not particularly anti-nationalist but I think Americans are just very much used to it to the point where they don't question it. It's an insidious form of propoganda that they worm into the kids from a young age when they open up every school day with prayer.

Now I know there is someone just waiting in the wings with "they banned prayer in schools dumbass that's the problem"

Hmm well yes, see I think the pledge of allegiance in the US is essentially a prayer to the flag. I think it's kind of a form of idolatry even. It's just bizzare that American christians don't seem to connect their worship of government with idolatry to me.