“If the flag no longer represents a republic, or the Republic isn’t the items listed in the pledge, then the whole thing is null and void anyway.”
I simply see it differently than you, if things become as bad as you suggest they may, then I say we stand and fight to get our Republic back.
I didn't say I wouldn't fight, just that the pledge becomes meaningless if the things that the flag represents are not what the pledge says.
For the record, I haven't given up on the USA yet.