Redesigned flag with stars representing population to scale

[packman]

Last edited Wed Oct 27, 2021, 12:40 PM - Edit history (1)

[MineralMan]

1. I like that design - A lot!

Truly, it would be a good replacement for the current flag.

It does need stars for Alaska and Hawaii, though, in appropriate positions.

[lagomorph777]

6. They're present, but not in the appropriate positions.

Pretty much the popular condensed positions. And very tiny.

[ShazzieB]

37. Oh, I see them now!

I was getting ready to ask where they were, but now I don't have to. Thanks! 😁

[secondwind]

2. Interesting......

[marble falls]

3. Works for me.

[CrispyQ]

4. It's great, but is there an artist to credit? -nt

[NullTuples]

35. Earliest I can find...

https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/kyeej0/us_flag_but_each_star_is_scaled_proportionally_to/

[h2ebits]

5. Wow! I really like this design

Who designed this flag?

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Cool concept. It is listing a bit, like FL is an anchor pulling it down. Hmmm.

[calimary]

8. I like how the stars are arranged as a map.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

17. Very apt comparison, sir. Yet the folks orbiting the 6th mag. stars get 2 galactic senators...

same as Betelgeuse?

Galactic injustice? Yes.

[usaf-vet]

9. Great! But if the GQP has it's way the red stripes would be nearly non-existent on solid white.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Looks almost like The Pleiades

[hatrack]

11. I like how ND, SD,WY, etc., present as 6th-magnitude stars

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[Alexander Of Assyria]

19. Nice! Doesn't seem fair they get 2 senators, same as first magnitude.

You can barely fkon see them!

[OldBaldy1701E]

40. It is called 'The Great Compromise'. (n/t)

[Oppaloopa]

12. Now how about a new National anthem. One not about war or bombs.

[FakeNoose]

13. I propose "God Bless America"

It's well-known, it's a catchy tune, and it's in my voice range.

[intheflow]

14. I like the song too, but not as the National Anthem.

A national anthem should reflect the name, and we are (supposedly) a secular nation. This Land is Your Land might be better, though it's also kind of tone deaf to the Native American POV. Still, anything would be better than the war-glorifying crap of a national anthem we have now.

[Thunderbeast]

15. Which God (or Gods)?

[FakeNoose]

18. Does it matter?

Every singer can sing to his or her own God, maybe it's the idea of God.

[oldsoftie]

46. Good point. Hadn't considered that, but perfectly acceptable!

[OMGWTF]

16. Too religious; how about America the Beautiful?

[MarcA]

21. It would get my vote. n/t

[colorado_ufo]

31. Yes, and I believe inspired by Pike's Peak.

And written by a woman.

[sarge43]

34. Yes and it's easy to sing. n/t

[cannabis_flower]

36. America, America ...

GOD shed his light on thee.


There’s that god thing again

[ShazzieB]

38. I love America the Beautiful...

...but if you want to avoid religious content, it may not fill the bill. Take a look at the full lyrics (and note the bolded portions):

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

Like I said, I love the song, but it is not devoid of religious content.

[PXR-5]

43. That would be my choice,

but the conservatives would never want to change the anthem, and since they make all the rules in this country it won't be changed.

(This land is your land, this land is my land)

[Jimbo S]

28. About five years ago

I posted a thread on DU about my experience at a ball game when this came on. Could have ended badly.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

20. One about peace yes. Not a word about nationalism or we the greatest...

[IronLionZion]

24. Real American - Rick Derringer

[Jimbo S]

27. "This Land Is Our Land"

remember signing it in elementary school early 70's.

[bullwinkle428]

42. I happily endorse this choice!

[2naSalit]

29. I like that idea...

Especially if the preamble is included.

Preamble

[Spoken Introduction:]
"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. "

[Song:]
God bless America...

So I got this from a site about Kate Smith but I recall music to accompany the lyric to the preamble because I've sung it in public.

The original written in 1918, preamble added 1938 in response to the rise of fascism in Europe.

[Tommy Carcetti]

33. Only if it contains an "O!" in it.

Baltimore Orioles fans need something to cheer about.

[tsodog]

48. This land is your land...

Woody Guthrie's American Anthem.

[Devil Child]

49. How about no. n/t

[Sogo]

22. Love it!

Are you the artist? It's great, and I'd really like to share it....

[3catwoman3]

23. I totally LOVE this idea!

Very adaptable, too, should there be major population shifts.

[Tommy Carcetti]

25. Wyoming, where art thou? nt

[roamer65]

30. I think I can see the digital smudge for it.

Had to zoom the pic.

[ShazzieB]

39. Yes, the image needs to be higher resolution.

Zooming in just makes it blurrier.

[SKKY]

26. Saving this post.

[colorado_ufo]

32. I love this and

it would be more difficult for "certain people" to abuse into various stupid garments.

[BigmanPigman]

41. It reminds me of a night sky,

looking up at the consettlations. I like it.

[pansypoo53219]

44. love it, but hawaii + alaska near invisible.

[perfessor]

45. Remember, the smaller the star

... the greater the political power of the people in that state. Montana, for example, gets way more senators per person than we in Illinois do.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

47. Alaska is one pixel in size.

It took me a while to find it.

The most interesting thing is knowing that each star gets two senators. That really screws those of us who live in California, whose giant star is eclipsed by W. Virginia'a, which has the same number of senators as we do. It really sucks having such disproportionate representation in the Seanate.