• @[email protected]
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    1012 days ago

    It appears to be deliberately playing with salutes that shouldn’t be used.

    I forget the exact origins of the swastika, but I believe it was Hindu & it meant “blessing”. It was a sacred symbol, then adopted by the Nazis.

    The Internet is a thing, so let’s review & (re)learn together. The swastika meant either “conducive to well-being” or “good luck & prosperity”.

    It wasn’t just for Buddhism & Hindu; the swastika weaseled its way into many European religious sects & found in early Byzantine & Christian artwork.

    • @andros_rex
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      312 days ago

      With swastikas it’s the tilt that makes it the evil one.

    • @vala
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      311 days ago

      The swastika is also found in petroglyphs made by indigenous peoples around the American Southwest.