In God We Trust is also an objectively less cool motto than e pluribus unum which translates to out of many, one. We traded the original ideal of a people united by difference into a boringly generic religious proclamation just to try to stick it to the commies.
Apparently the pledge wasn’t even a thing until the late 1800s, and wasn’t adopted until the 40s.
Seems like overall is an indicator of modern jingoism and has nothing to do with founding fathers…
In God We Trust is also an objectively less cool motto than e pluribus unum which translates to out of many, one. We traded the original ideal of a people united by difference into a boringly generic religious proclamation just to try to stick it to the commies.