Comment on "Images of 'Saint Luigi Mangione, The patron saint of health care justice' have been making rounds on social media"

TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• guillem@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Akshully that’s a caduceus, symbol of commerce. It’s often confused with the similar Asclepius’ staff, without wings and sometimes with a cup.

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You’re telling me the Greek symbol for profit is easily confused with the symbol for medicine?

    Wow, the Greeks really were advanced!

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  • limelight79@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Asclepius’ staff

    Here’s a link for anyone else trying to remember the correct image.

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    • dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Image with load, just black

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      • limelight79@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Huh. I think it has a transparent background. It’s fine on dark mode in the web browser.

        Here they are side by side.

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  • psud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s funny with reference to the Wikipedia entry for it. A symbol of commerce, often used “inappropriately” by the health industry

    Paraphrased, quote marks are mine, added since I think the health in general is more about commerce than health

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  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No akshully needed, that’s exactly the kind of information that’s important. Thank you

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Achtually, I find the Sacred Heart iconography quite apt given the circumstances. It’s about self sacrifice for the love of humanity.

  The image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is rich with symbolism. The exposed Heart, often depicted with a crown of thorns, represents Jesus’ suffering and his immense love for humanity. The flames emanating from the Heart signify the transformative and purifying power of his love, while the cross above the Heart is a reminder of his redemptive sacrifice for the sins of the whole world.

  catholic.com/…/the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-catholic…

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart

  (Finally, my many, many fucked up years of religious school has paid off.)

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• Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s not the Caduceus, the symbol of logistics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus. Which is often but improperly used these days as a medical symbol in place of the Rod of Asclepius, which has only one snake and no wings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius

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• wieson@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yea, but a burning heart also works well as a symbol for Caritas

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