Washington DC is full of Roman motifs. There's Fasces carved into granite/marble on all sorts of federal buildings. TBF it all predates WWII and "Fascism" proper by a lot.

There's also several buildings where the ceiling is covered with criss crossing Greek meanders which naturally form a tessalating pattern of swastikas.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

TBF it all predates WWII and "Fascism" proper by a lot.

Well the fasces in the house of representatives that Owl noticed were installed in the 1950s.

https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/Capitol/1951-Present/Furniture/

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The wall behind the rostrum still includes decorative Roman fasces—a classical symbol of civic authority and unity—but stylized and in bronze rather than gilded iron.

Really wanting to hold onto the idea of them being "The New Rome" after defeating some fakers.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The empire never ended

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

shinji-impact

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cringe country

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Basically every country obsessed with Rome is cringe and that's like "the west".