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Honestly its really hard to make rotationaly symmetric symbols without accidentally resembling a swastika or sonnenrad. It gets the benefit of the doubt from me.
I remember reading a theory that these swirling symbols are unavoidable in human art because when we observe the stars and follow their movement these are the shapes they make due to the wiggle of the earth's axis. It was in a book from the 1890's so IDK if it was just made up but I like the idea
I think the trick is to use more rounded and curved shapes instead of hard angles
for example, I wouldn't tend to think "fascism" when looking at a traditional triskele
but contrast that with the nazi versions of the triskele: (CW for nazi hate symbols)
actually that 2nd one is pretty similar to the shoe logo, hmmm
Ahhh, the ancient triskele is one of my favorite symbols. The trick is definitely curves and swirls