[filbert]

The subjugation of Americans to an empire is symbolically represented in the Star Spangled Banner.

Uh, no.

[humint]

humint: The subjugation of Americans to an empire is symbolically represented in the Star Spangled Banner.

filbert: Uh, no

humint: Whereas America was comprised of 13 Colonies of the British Empire. Whereas Americans were subjects of a monarch. Whereas the Declaration of Independence and American Revolution ended our subjugation.