The Soviet Reporter to Communism · edit-21 month agoThe USA House of Representatives has 2 fasces. You cannot get more obvious than thatimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down12cross-posted to: chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
arrow-up148arrow-down1imageThe USA House of Representatives has 2 fasces. You cannot get more obvious than thatThe Soviet Reporter to Communism · edit-21 month agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
minus-squareComradeSaladlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 month agoEh, for how fascistic the US is, they used the fasces for decades if not close to a hundred years before Mussolini ever got the idea, because it’s a classic Roman symbol with a good meaning that was sadly subverted and twisted by fascists.
minus-squarefrippa@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoAs always, fascists are only good at stealing symbolism A coin from the 1849 roman republic, 70 years older than fascism.
Eh, for how fascistic the US is, they used the fasces for decades if not close to a hundred years before Mussolini ever got the idea, because it’s a classic Roman symbol with a good meaning that was sadly subverted and twisted by fascists.
As always, fascists are only good at stealing symbolism
A coin from the 1849 roman republic, 70 years older than fascism.