Historical Artifacts

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Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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Greek silver coin, Syracuse, Sicily, ~500 BCE (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] dohpaz42 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That doesn't really matter, especially since we're talking about an ancient coin which existed ages before Nazism did.

[–] dohpaz42 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] wildcardology 1 points 2 months ago

Most people are not Americans you know.

[–] SquirtleHermit 1 points 2 months ago

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.

We need more naked men on our coins. I’d start carrying change.

Yeah, but can we not have the swastika on the back?

So it is kinda relevant.

[–] buddascrayon -1 points 2 months ago

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?