• JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Oh boy yep, that’s a fasces

      Fucking hell, where is that?

      Edit: that’s the fucking speakers chair isn’t it?

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        GW some fasces.

        From Wikipedia:

        Two fasces appear on either side of the flag of the United States behind the podium in the United States House of Representatives, with bronze examples replacing the previous gilded iron installments during the remodeling project of 1950.

        It’s clear that the symbol has had widespread usage long before and beyond historical fascism. Idk if the 50s get a pass…