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apricops: the tendency for racists and white supremacists to go gaga over their idea of ancient Rome is so darkly hilarious because of how entirely wrong it is. It's not a twisting of some kernels of truth, it's not a misinterpretation, it's just the exact opposite, and people in Western Europe has been doing it for so long. For centuries people in Britain and Germany would be like/have been like "ah yes, we are special and superior because we are the heirs of the superior Romans" while next to a giant pile of writings by respected Ancient Romans who went "god, Britain is a dump and Germany is full of idiot barbarians. I wish I lived somewhere cool and cultured like Syria or Tunisia."


occultbookstores: Someone wrote once that Fascism is Roman bimbofication and that's been living in my head rent-free.


Here's some homework for you: https://piped.video/watch?v=sEjCNzGOe3Q

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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MudMan@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We are treading on very dangerous ground right now.

Because if I say "Now it's Istambul, not Constantinople" this thread is doomed.

Wait...

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

People just liked it better that way

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 15 points 1 year ago