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Greek silver coin, Syracuse, Sicily, ~500 BCE
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We need more naked men on our coins. I’d start carrying change.
Yeah, but can we not have the swastika on the back?
There is nothing wrong with the symbol. There is everything wrong with nazis.
The swastika never stopped being used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
I’m an above-middle-aged white man who lives in America. The first thing people think about when they see a swastika is not a symbol of divinity and spirituality. It’s unfortunate, but it is reality.
It's usually a matter of observing context, and many people fail to do that immediately. Including myself.
The first thing that should pop into a persons head is why is there a swastika on a coin that predates the Nazis by a thousand years. One or two web searches would answer that question.
That doesn't really matter, especially since we're talking about an ancient coin which existed ages before Nazism did.
Well, to be fair, in the context of this conversation, we are talking about bringing naked men back into vogue for modern day currency but not bringing back swastikas.
So it is kinda relevant.
Given what I’ve witnessed neighbors posting on NextDoor about government-controlled weather as a conspiracy to drive down land prices, and how “fema is stealing donations”, I’m going to go out on a limb to suggest that it does matter because most people aren’t quite detail oriented as you’re expecting them to be.
Most people are not Americans you know.
So your go-to answer for your ignorance is that everyone that looks like you and is around your age is just as ignorant as you are?