propter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agoWatching a documentary about Rome and realizing the Italians independently invented fascism at least twicemessage-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareWatching a documentary about Rome and realizing the Italians independently invented fascism at least twicepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoThe fasces existed as a symbol of magisterial power for nearly 3000 years before Mussolini came along and named his ideology after it.
minus-squareFedPosterman5000 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoThat makes sense - I just assumed there was a consistent usage of it during the in-between, and had never heard otherwise. Thanks!
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoFun fact: fasces is also the etymological origin of the slur for a gay man that also means a type of odds-and-ends meatball and a bundle of sticks.
minus-squareFedPosterman5000 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoIn that case, as long as we separate it from the “fascist” connotation, I think anyone who doesn’t identify as cishet should be encouraged to carry/use sticks and axes during pride month. Only seems fair
The fasces existed as a symbol of magisterial power for nearly 3000 years before Mussolini came along and named his ideology after it.
That makes sense - I just assumed there was a consistent usage of it during the in-between, and had never heard otherwise. Thanks!
Fun fact: fasces is also the etymological origin of the slur for a gay man that also means a type of odds-and-ends meatball and a bundle of sticks.
In that case, as long as we separate it from the “fascist” connotation, I think anyone who doesn’t identify as cishet should be encouraged to carry/use sticks and axes during pride month. Only seems fair