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Chaosfive-55 — From Fasces to Torch
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It was an honorable Roman symbol of legal authority, until Mussolini tainted it.
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Yes, but it didn't get onto the USA coin in the Roman times, it got there under growing nationalism and fascism ...
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Okay, let us look at the history of the United States dime and its design...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(Un… "Mercury")_(1916–1945)
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascio
the symbol, the name and the meaning (intent) still predate the dollar, and - despite revolving in different fractions - all revolve around nationalism. America was always closely linked to Europe ... But you'll have to read up on your history of ''Italy'' after Rome a bit to know what was happening, especially during the 19th century. And not just that general area ...
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The Founding Fathers were Roman Republicophiles, and the influence of Rome is deeply etched into our history, our Constitution, much of the Capital City's
architecture...and we even deified (unofficially) some of our greatest Presidents...
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Some idiots had to screw it up for everybody.
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