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[–] [S] -2 points 1 year ago (16 children)

I'd be cautious of any users participating in roman meme or military meme communities. It's a big red flag.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Dumb take.

    Fascists also breath air and drink water. Those red flags, too? A lot of people find rome interesting. You can see this across history - look at US government buildings. It's a roman aesthetic.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestheticization_of_politics

    Tl;Dr Mussolini was obsessed with recreating a false, idealized past that in Italy's case was the Roman Empire. An obsession with Rome is a warning sign of fascist ideology because that's what actual fascism is obsessed with, as are basically all Western fascists because of Rome's historical relevance to basically all of Europe and the Mediterranean.

    It's just not a sure sign, simply because it is a fascinating topic with plenty to dissect on any point of view.

    If they're also removed and moaning about masculinity and heirarchy you've got a winner for sure though (a la your Jordan Peterson types)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Sure...the leader whose territory literally used to be Rome might also have the interest. Not remotely a telling sign, though.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Your ignorance is pretty goddamn laughable tbh

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

    Fuck, I guess I'm glad I didn't follow the history memes to the new instance. I thought all the romaboo stiff was just nerds being silly.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It is. There's very little right presence on the fediverse still. And I don't think pug would humor them if they tried.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    On Lemmy at least I find the right are cowards who like to pretend to be liberals while they quietly dog whistle their takes.

    It's hard to tell how many there are, because they're not out in the open.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah the anime girl Roman memes are certainly the cherry on top the crazy cake. Some incredibly weird and hateful fetishes were in some of those.

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