• Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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    17 days ago

    Sorry, you are correct about it being a Republican, not Imperial symbol.

    In everything else, you’re basically confirming what I said with additional detail. There’s no good reason why socialists should want to use a symbol whose underlying message is “Stand in line or we’ll beat you down.”

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      17 days ago

      In everything else, you’re basically confirming what I said with additional detail. There’s no good reason why socialists should want to use a symbol whose underlying message is “Stand in line or we’ll beat you down.”

      The underlying message, I would argue, is “This authority exercised in this place or by this person is granted by the people”, though, again, I agree that it’s not very useful a symbol in the modern day.