Always was curious what the deal with the alarming amount of Roman and military memes that pop up.

That shit is just such a bizarre fetish of some people.

I’d be cautious of any users participating in roman meme or military meme communities. It’s a big red flag.

Dumb take.

Fascists also breath air and drink water. Those red flags, too? A lot of people find rome interesting. You can see this across history - look at US government buildings. It’s a roman aesthetic.

en.wikipedia.org/…/Aestheticization_of_politics

Tl;Dr Mussolini was obsessed with recreating a false, idealized past that in Italy’s case was the Roman Empire. An obsession with Rome is a warning sign of fascist ideology because that’s what actual fascism is obsessed with, as are basically all Western fascists because of Rome’s historical relevance to basically all of Europe and the Mediterranean.

It’s just not a sure sign, simply because it is a fascinating topic with plenty to dissect on any point of view.

If they’re also bitching and moaning about masculinity and heirarchy you’ve got a winner for sure though (a la your Jordan Peterson types)