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I'm not actually suggesting that they are fascists, similar symbolism is used in the US as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_(1920_statue)#/med
by timthelion 9y ago
I'm not actually suggesting that they are fascists, similar symbolism is used in the US as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_(1920_statue)#/media/File:Lincoln_statue.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_(1920_statue)#... . And the phrase "E pluribus unum" on American money also has the same roots as the symbol. But it is amusing to me, because the idea behind the symbol is very authoritarian and fascist.
- timthelion 9y agoA conceptually identical icon is used by Anarchists as well ;) https://propertyistheft.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/1917_iww.jpg https://propertyistheft.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/1917_iww...
- int_19h 9y agoFasces are supposed to represent the general concept of law and governance. Since law is ultimately always about forcing (some) people to to do something that they don't want to do, the symbol does have violent connotations, but I'd call that truth in advertising - another take on Mao's "all power comes out of a barrel of a gun". So, it is authoritarian in a sense that the generic notions of government and rule of law is authoritarian.