The fasces were beared by lictors in the roman Republic. For a long tIme,they were used to symbolize Republics. There is statue of Washington with the fasces that predates the fascist movement by 150 years. But fascist trannies used the fasces(even though fascism is complete inversion of every republican ideal). Why did they do it? Was it roman larp?
>>539524317>even though fascism is complete inversion of every republican idealHow? Fascism is republican imperialism
In the fasces metaphor, the staves are the people, the bands binding them together are patriotism. Fascism revolves around ethnic consciousness.
>>539524369>Fascism is republican imperialismYou're joking,right???
>>539524492America is a imperialist republic. You never answered my question.
>>539524492war propaganda from 80 years ago fucked your brain upyou'll probably never fix it on your ownpeople like you need a consensus to function, and you're never going to get that because the world is post-truth, post-consensus
>>539524317it's easy to break one stick but not so much easy to break a bundled faggot of sticks
>>539524317they mean "union and strength", there are some variants, the one of the pic means exactly this:Statue of George Washington created by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. In it, Washington leans against a *fasces* partially covered by a cloak or cloth. Here, the symbol has undergone a radical republican reinterpretation: [ MUSSOLINI’S FASCES ] ===> Rods + Exposed axe = The State holds absolute power over you. vs. [ WASHINGTON’S FASCES ] ===> 13 Rods (No axe) + Cloak + Hanging sword = Civil power steps back; force is subordinated to peace.The 13 rods: The *fasces* against which Washington leans are formed by exactly 13 wooden rods, representing the original 13 colonies that united to defeat the British Empire. It represents the strength of the federal union, not the power of a dictator.The absence of an axe: There is no blade or axe on the monument. The American design deliberately removed the Roman element of execution to make it clear that the republic does not possess arbitrary power over the life and death of free citizens. The meaning of the cloak and the plow: The cloth partially covering the *fasces* is his military cloak. Behind the *fasces* stands a farmer's plow. This—combined with the fact that Washington’s sword hangs from the bundle rather than being held in his hand—symbolizes the myth of Cincinnatus: the general who, after winning the war, voluntarily relinquishes absolute power, hangs up his weapons, returns command to the people, and goes back to working the land as an ordinary citizen. In American iconography (which you will also see in the reliefs of the U.S. Congress or the Abraham Lincoln Memorial), the *fasces* signify "unity creates strength under the rule of law"—an interpretation diametrically opposed to the totalitarian use made of the symbol by 20th-century European collectivism.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGV0TosMkNY
