A Cool Dude to [email protected] • edit-218 days agoThe USA House of Representatives has 2 fasces. You cannot get more obvious than thatlemmy.mlimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down17
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe USA House of Representatives has 2 fasces. You cannot get more obvious than thatlemmy.mlA Cool Dude to [email protected] • edit-218 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squaredavel [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish2•18 days agoIt’s a pun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Etymology
minus-square@pleasejustdielinkEnglish2•edit-218 days 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.