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apricops: the tendency for racists and white supremacists to go gaga over their idea of ancient Rome is so darkly hilarious because of how entirely wrong it is. It's not a twisting of some kernels of truth, it's not a misinterpretation, it's just the exact opposite, and people in Western Europe has been doing it for so long. For centuries people in Britain and Germany would be like/have been like "ah yes, we are special and superior because we are the heirs of the superior Romans" while next to a giant pile of writings by respected Ancient Romans who went "god, Britain is a dump and Germany is full of idiot barbarians. I wish I lived somewhere cool and cultured like Syria or Tunisia."


occultbookstores: Someone wrote once that Fascism is Roman bimbofication and that's been living in my head rent-free.


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[–] Squeezer 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don’t feel like the British align themselves with the Romans either. Just one of many invaders. Has anyone got an example of the British considering themselves ’heirs’ to Rome?

[–] ilikekeyboards 3 points 1 year ago

No, but I've seen plenty o' people calling themself special compared to people equally wait to us. Having a brit call themself better than a Lithuanian or polish because they're a different kind of white just boggles my mind

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