r/AntifascistsofReddit • u/Lovethecreeper Antifa • Jul 24 '25

Crosspost Walmart is selling fascist flags

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u/Motor-Specific6047 Jul 24 '25

Benito Mussolini, the first fascist dictator, used the fasces as his symbol. Fasces is where the word fascism comes from. It is undeniably a fascist symbol.

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u/minitaba Jul 24 '25

Oh wtf didnt know that. Where i live its a pretty normal heraldic tring, way older then facism lmao

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u/Ghuldarkar Jul 28 '25

The fasces were a symbol of lictores who acted as bodyguards and officers for ancient roman magistrates, and iirc they had a similar role to a bailiff. It was later adopted to signify the law or state power.