So ya, the swastika, a well regarded symbol of peace and luck, so much so that it was adopted by the Red Cross for use in Buddhist and Hindu majority regions. Is there a way to make it develop a negative connotation?
DBWI: Make the Swastika a taboo symbol
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Make an "evil" group using it as a symbol of them (maybe the mongols use it as a banner of their nation).
Avoid how socialists use the universality of the swastika to symbolize international solidarity amongst the working class?
Maybe one of those lunatic dictators from the early 20th century could use it for crazy reasons.
I mean, quite a few leftist dictators did use swastikas in their iconography, even if their use of swastikas was part of how swastikas became associated with international solidarity amongst the working class owing to its near-universal presence.
I was actually thinking right wing for a change. Who would be more likely?
I heared of a Germany leader wanna be during the Great Depression had a swastikas that was power against the Jews I mean whyyy use it for race it better for friend ship or hope
You mean the Hakenkreuz? That could work; it looks similar and I think has a more warlike focus.
Well his name was similar and he had a small Moostache on his face but he was killed during the beer riot
Especially when the Communist Party of India, as part of how many leftists around the world see the swastika, with how universal it is, as a symbol of the international solidarity of the working class, has a red swastika in its flag in addition to a hammer and sickle.
I don't suppose it would be impossible for one of those neopagan extremist groups in Europe to adopt it, I've heard that a lot of the more extreme elements of the neopagan movement like to borrow elements from Hinduism.
Possible, but the military tends to be conservative for every country, especially there.
Ya, but again, I mean the extremist groups and terrorist cells responsible for the attempted bombing of Saint Basil's Cathedral and similar attacks on various Christian and Jewish institutions, and causing an upsurge in violence against neopagans in general.
Also, after rereading my source on that, it seem's Hinduism is a popular religion for neopagans to study in general, not just the more extreme variants. This is sort of understandable, seeing as how Hinduism (and Buddhism to an extent) are the only major religions with notable connections to the pagan faiths, though I could be generalizing.
Well, he was killed in the Beer Hall Putsch and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck took over Germany after Hindenburg died.
That is possible. AFAIK, though that's not much, I think the pagans tend to be more anarchist or something, yet another reason for the tensions after that resurgence.
By the way, how important are the Ancienct Middle-East religions to those? I think there was some guy who calmed himself the Persian Equivalent of Satan or something. Not sure what happened to him.
Do you mean that Chaplin look-alike? Regarding him, I think he couldn't have gotten power. I mean Strasser liked him, but the policies I think were too different for him to get any influence.
From what i've read, some do study ancient near east religions, though more for the sake of seeing where these faiths may have influenced the pagan beliefs of the ancient Mediterranean. Aleister Crowley? I heard that he got shot in a random mugging in the 1930's. Though apparently his self made religion is a major source of inspiration for some of the more.....extravagant neopagan movements.
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The magician? I guess that's where the stereotype came from. I think there was a recent push by one of the Pagan groups to ban saying "Deus Vult" too, though I don't know why they focused on something so far in the past, when they could have focused on a more modern thing.
Going back to the swastika thing, would a Tibetan Theocracy becoming a more brutal dictatorship fill those shoes? While India became a more secular country, I think Tibet tends to be extremely religious.
Depending upon where they expand or who they fight, the swastika could become a taboo symbol in either China, India, or Central Asia, though that might be dependent upon Tibet not being absorbed into the British Raj in the 1870s.
Most likely China considering the Republic of China has parts of historic Tibet in Qinghai and Western Sichuan.