A Cool Dude@lemmy.ml to Communism@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agoThe USA House of Representatives has 2 fasces. You cannot get more obvious than thatlemmy.mlimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down17
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageThe USA House of Representatives has 2 fasces. You cannot get more obvious than thatlemmy.mlA Cool Dude@lemmy.ml to Communism@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agofasces? Fas Ces? Fa Sces?
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIt’s a pun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Etymology
minus-squarepleasejustdie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months agofas·ces /ˈfasēz/ noun HISTORICAL a bundle of rods with a projecting axe blade, carried by a lictor in ancient Rome as a symbol of a magistrate’s power, and used as an emblem of authority in Fascist Italy.
fasces? Fas Ces? Fa Sces?
It’s a pun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Etymology
fas·ces
/ˈfasēz/
noun HISTORICAL
a bundle of rods with a projecting axe blade, carried by a lictor in ancient Rome as a symbol of a magistrate’s power, and used as an emblem of authority in Fascist Italy.