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If the implication is that the fasces in the Lincoln memorial represent the fascism of the state, I'd have to point out that fascism as an ideology, and even a
by beaconstudios 5y ago
If the implication is that the fasces in the Lincoln memorial represent the fascism of the state, I'd have to point out that fascism as an ideology, and even a term, is only 100 years old and the symbol itself was "borrowed" from the Roman Empire by Mussolini.
Also, "the state" traditionally means "the country", not the government. See the origin of term "nation state"; many might presume that nation means country but it used to mean a people or culture. Don't know if that's what was meant in this case, but it might be?
- Lammy 5y agoTo me "the state" is a living thing, not what I would call "human", but a conscious entity all the same https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore
- beaconstudios 5y agonice, I quite like some of the ideas in chaos magic as a socio-psychological form of systems/gestalt theory, and just as a creative form that rejects reductive materialism.