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Elon Musk salute controversy (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] 37 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

My favorite this was watching all the people claim "It was a Roman salute! It means he is giving his heart to the people!" Motherfucker the Roman salute is the Nazi salute. They are the same thing. The Romans used it, then the Italian Fascist party used it and Hitler adopted it in Germany and called it the Sieg Heil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_salute

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The Romans didn't even use it. It's from a French painting of Rome that became popular after the revolution. It existed for barely a hundred years, and was hardly used by anyone, until it was adopted by fascists and Nazis.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    And even if it was the "Roman salute", didn't they introduce the fasces? Isn't it just a symbol for "power"? Although I read, that it initially should signal "unity and harmony". Hmm, lost in translation

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