This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
1319 followers · 2061 posts · Server mastodon.scotIn the the middle of the 20th Century it became associated with Musollini's National Fascist Party in Italy, and indeed the term Fascism is derived from the term Fasces. Despite this, fasces are still used as a symbols today, including by the French Army, the Guardia Civil in Spain and on the Seal of the United States Senate.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
1319 followers · 2060 posts · Server mastodon.scotOriginating with the Etruscans about 3,000 years ago, it's now most commonly associated with the Romans where it was a symbol of a magistrate's power. In the 19th Century is was commonly used to indicate civil power and the collective rule of law, explaining this example on a former police office in Laurieston.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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If you look carefully, you'll seen this symbol carved on a variety of older Glasgow buildings. It's called a Fasces and it represents a bundle of wooden rods wrapped round an axe and a blade.
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Soozcat · @Soozcat
144 followers · 1421 posts · Server vmst.ioHere's the thing about the #fasces--the traditional icon of #fascism. It's a bundle of sticks (meant to show that the group is stronger than the individual), but those sticks are unnaturally identical. No long sticks, no short sticks, no notches or twists or curves, no fat or thin ones--they're all exactly, precisely alike. And that seems apt, considering how fascists usually treat folks who deviate from their arbitrary standard.
We're not #sticks. We're people. We're meant to be different.
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350 followers · 237 posts · Server kolektiva.socialPatriot Front Fascist Leak Exposes Nationwide Racist Campaigns https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-front-fascist-leak-exposes-nationwide-racist-campaigns/ #Racism #Abortion #Alan_MI #Altright #American_Renaissance #Benjamin_MI #Benjamin_WI #billboard #Black_Lives_Matter #bus #Capitol_Hill #Charlottesville #Clark_WA #colorado #Colton_Brown #Colton_Michael_Brown #DC #December_4 #Denver #Detroit #Eric_MI #Eric_Striker #fasces #fascist #FBI #george_floyd #Georgia #Harriet_Tubman #Identity_Evropa
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