If you follow me you probably know that this is a fasces, the namesake for fascism.pic.twitter.com/86bFHXq7ag
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If you follow me you probably know that this is a fasces, the namesake for fascism.pic.twitter.com/86bFHXq7ag
The symbolic meaning is that the bundle of rods makes the axe stronger.
But the thing is, could you imagine actually trying to use that thing?
Also it doesn't make is stronger it just makes it more likely to break above the grip.
Fascism's very own symbol is just something that is totally unwieldly and not actually an improvement. Fitting, actually.
Like this had to be a troll job in the Roman era. Some rich nerd was getting made fun of for being axe-deficient so he commissioned the baddest-ass axe he could imagine and the axing community gave him this.
Well, the fasces was never seen as a weapon.* It was exclusively a symbol, usually used to signify strength in unity as well as civil and military power. The United States Army doesn't ride into battle on a bald eagle grasping some arrows, either. It's still widely used in
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