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Originally Posted by KyokoUK
He may be wrong but he's damned cute and really hot
And those facius axes are carved left and right of the speaker's podium in one of the houses of your congress. they were those axes I described above and carried by the Romans and adopted by Hitler and are the root of the word fascist.
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You raise an interesting point that I had never heard before, and a little research has enlightened me on the issue.
Just as the Nazis adopted the swastika as their own, although it is seen all over the world used in different ways, this symbol was adopted not by Hitler, but by the Italian fascists in WWII.
The same symbol does appear in Washington DC, but has been used long before it was used by Italian fascists. It "traditionally symbolizes summary power and jurisdiction, and/or 'strength through unity'".
The fasces appear on the Lincoln Memorial, but it should be kept in mind that the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated 15+ years before WWII started and the symbol was adopted by fascists.