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considine@lemmy.ml 1 week ago88 is a lucky number in Vietnam. You’ll see Vietnamese restaurants use 88 in their name sometimes.
Different cultures, different meanings. Not that Nazis are a culture. They are distinctly uncultured.
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The swastika was also appropriated by the Nazis. In Indian cultures, it is a symbol of blessings and prosperity. You still won’t catch me sporting that shit anywhere.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
“Aryans” originally referred to Indo-Iranians but guesd what Nazis did to the term
xye@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Yeah exactly “but it has a historical meaning besides the nazis” is a great lesson in cultural appropriation if anyone is even worth trying to explain this to.