Spectre@lemmy.ml to Communism@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agoThe USA House of Representatives has 2 fasces. You cannot get more obvious than thatlemmy.mlimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down15
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageThe USA House of Representatives has 2 fasces. You cannot get more obvious than thatlemmy.mlSpectre@lemmy.ml to Communism@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agofasces? Fas Ces? Fa Sces?
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIt’s a pun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Etymology
minus-squarepleasejustdie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agofas·ces /ˈfasēz/ noun HISTORICAL a bundle of rods with a projecting axe blade, carried by a lictor in ancient Rome as a symbol of a magistrate’s power, and used as an emblem of authority in Fascist Italy.
fasces? Fas Ces? Fa Sces?
It’s a pun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Etymology
fas·ces
/ˈfasēz/
noun HISTORICAL
a bundle of rods with a projecting axe blade, carried by a lictor in ancient Rome as a symbol of a magistrate’s power, and used as an emblem of authority in Fascist Italy.