RedArmor [he/him] to politics • 3 years agoHmmm. I can’t remember where I have seen that symbol before.imagemessage-square31 fedilinkarrow-up182file-text
arrow-up182imageHmmm. I can’t remember where I have seen that symbol before.RedArmor [he/him] to politics • 3 years agomessage-square31 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecomi [he/him]hexbear43·edit-23 years ago:no-fash: Wait, how long it’s been there? Rome dweebs or cryptofash-imports? link
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear46·3 years ago how long it’s been there forever :yes-honey-left: link
minus-squareHamManBad [he/him]hexbear40·3 years agoTbf it was a symbol of anti-monarchist republican liberal revolutions in the 19th century, at the time it may have even been considered "progressive" in the same way that Lincoln was link
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear28·3 years agojust do some phyrgian caps goddamm oh wait i just remembered that was a symbol of the french revolution, which the esteemed US thought far too radical link
minus-squarePraksis [any]hexbear4·3 years agoSome early on USSR coat of arms design featured the fasces as well. link
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]hexbear12·3 years agoSo that's the origin of America's obsession with lionizing the losers. link
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]hexbear5·3 years agoNow that's not true, quite a few thought Rome was over-democratic and were Sparta dweebs. link
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Wait, how long it’s been there? Rome dweebs or cryptofash-imports?
forever :yes-honey-left:
Tbf it was a symbol of anti-monarchist republican liberal revolutions in the 19th century, at the time it may have even been considered "progressive" in the same way that Lincoln was
just do some phyrgian caps goddamm
oh wait i just remembered that was a symbol of the french revolution, which the esteemed US thought far too radical
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Look at the official seal of the US Senate
Some early on USSR coat of arms design featured the fasces as well.
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So that's the origin of America's obsession with lionizing the losers.
Now that's not true, quite a few thought Rome was over-democratic and were Sparta dweebs.
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