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You see people who don't care did exist before the oath of allegiance, but since it is established the relation to it is framed in the terms of for or against (objectors).
Of course this has a dialectical attribute the non-participant of the oath was only created due to the "oath ritual" in its specificity.
Corollary if someone would object or not participate, then this becomes a very clear political act, the negation of it. So while it is a tool of forced unity it also bears the seed of resistance in it, even for "unpoliticals". Would love to know how many "unpolitical" students in the USA do object, though.