• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    11 hours ago

    The American system is a direct descendant of Enlightenment Classicism, which includes a respect for the Classical Republics. Athens, Rome, Thebes, etc.

    American federal government and arguably as a result liberalism is quite literally an imitation and attempt at modernization of the Roman Republic, which is, among other things, why we adopted the eagle as a national symbol and have a fasces in the House of Representatives.

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        16 minutes ago

        Yeah, there’s a fasces there. Symbol of Rome. It’s been there since before Mussolini claims he invented fascism