• laverabe@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Nice civility

    The swastika is thus understood to be a symbol of auspiciousness and good fortune

    Symbols can have meanings that are different than what they turn into. Hammer and sickle is almost unanimously considered to be a symbol of Stalin USSR totalitarian communism where millions perished.

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      7 months ago

      The swastika is thus understood to be a symbol of auspiciousness and good fortune

      The Hindu one is, yes.

      Symbols can have meanings that are different than what they turn into.

      Not denying that.

      Hammer and sickle is almost unanimously considered to be a symbol of Stalin USSR totalitarian communism where millions perished.

      Only to people ignorant of what communism actually means.