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Most people today associate it with Nazi's, but it's much older than that.
by tcdent 11y ago
Most people today associate it with Nazi's, but it's much older than that.
- jschwartzi 11y agoIt was originally a symbol of good fortune.
- donarb 11y agoIt still is, to those the symbol's meaning was stolen from.
- rdtsc 11y agoI was just pointing out it was an interesting controversy. It ranged from "it is an efficient building design", to happened by accident, to deliberate agenda due to some conspiracy theory.
- greggman 11y agoDefine "most". All of India, All of China, All of Japan, and every related country does not associate that symbol with Nazis. They are on every map as they mark hospitals in those countries.
- mikeash 11y agoI was in China recently and went into a temple with several Buddhas with swastikas on them. My Chinese wife turned to me and said, in a confused way, "isn't that the Nazi symbol?" I have no idea how representative that is, of course.