pjwestin comments on Elon Musk salute controversy

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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 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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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 10 points 1 year ago

Really could use Occam's razor with this bullshit. If you gotta make so many assumptions, then you're likely not on the correct path.

Elon musk is a Nazi who did a Nazi gesture. Simple as.

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[–] anugeshtu@lemmy.world 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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