cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4551711

The USA senate has 2 fasces. You cannot get more obvious than that

  • Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    I think it could be related to the liberal revolutionaries' tendency to clothe themselves in the Republican garb of the Classical age in order to legitimize their movement. The French had a similar movement in art and architecture during the age of their revolution and into the Napoleonic era as well.