• ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 months ago

    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.

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      6 months ago

      As always, fascists are only good at stealing symbolism

      A coin from the 1849 roman republic, 70 years older than fascism.