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minus-squareMacN'Cheezus@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoIt is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nazi_Germany
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·24 hours agoThat makes it the ancient religious symbol that Nazis were originally copying.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-223 hours agoThe swastika exists in both orientations and any rotation, but the Nazi-symbol was the flipped version of the one depicted.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·19 hours agoYes, so reversing it makes it actually the original religious symbol, and NOT the nazi symbol.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 hours agoThis “orientation” debate is pointless, especially since Elon is absolutely the type of shithead to do that for plausible deniability, but even further: https://www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/2019/1/22/ancient-greek-origins-of-the-swastika-in-archaic-greece They weren’t copying the Hindu/Buddhist/Dharmic symbols, though you better believe Aryan theorists had opinions on it.
Isn’t that backwards?
It is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nazi_Germany
That makes it the ancient religious symbol that Nazis were originally copying.
The swastika exists in both orientations and any rotation, but the Nazi-symbol was the flipped version of the one depicted.
Yes, so reversing it makes it actually the original religious symbol, and NOT the nazi symbol.
This “orientation” debate is pointless, especially since Elon is absolutely the type of shithead to do that for plausible deniability, but even further:
https://www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/2019/1/22/ancient-greek-origins-of-the-swastika-in-archaic-greece
They weren’t copying the Hindu/Buddhist/Dharmic symbols, though you better believe Aryan theorists had opinions on it.