• Metalorg [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The strong bundle of weak sticks is literally where fascism gets its name

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I made the mistake of explaining why unions are good drunk to a bunch of service workers in my community at 1am once and one of them said "so it's like a bundle of sticks, we're stronger together?" To which my dumbass responded "no you see the sticks are fascist".

      I think most of them got it, but "the sticks are fascist" was hard for the rest of my wasted latenight server comrades to wrap their heads around.

      • john_brown_adk [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        yeah but the dominant association is with italian fascists. just like the swastika existed before nazis, if you go around with a swastika on your face, chances are, people will think you're a nazi