Message from @RMS_Gigantic
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The picture, for those just joining us
Decorations that would make the Roman Republic blush, I argue
It's during ceremonies like this that the US government shows its age as a government
A republic at that
Friendly reminder that the statue on top of the Capitol dome has a base surrounded by fasces https://www.aoc.gov/sites/default/files/styles/artwork-node/public/images/artwork/6082847594_dbd316af1a_b.jpg?itok=rFXUxFIj
@meratrix You could only see it from a distance in the House chambers image, but here's a closer up, albeit black-and-white, image of the Mace of the House of Representatives https://cao.scotfaulkner.com/sgtatarms/images/staff.gif
note the fasces base, and the globe with the American hemisphere facing forward
yannow something that didn't strike me until I was IN DC facing Congress
is how fuckin roman it looks
Yup, early America LOVED the Roman Republic
I knew that America had a Hardon for rome but it wasn't until I was there thst I appreciated it
ditto to Lincoln memorial
Also note the similar cores of the fronts of the buildings representing all three branches of the US government
big greek-ass temple
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with its later expansion being the Temple of Faith and Justice
but then there's Washington's monument
A fucking obelisk
In fact, the basement of the Capitol is called the Crypt
cooooool
And also yea like
eagles everywhere was a rome thing
Or a horus thing
eagles got the best gods
Here's the statue inside the Washington Monument: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/e4/ce/53e4ceb536269e23392b0c95ebd8dea4.jpg
note how George Washington is leaning on a fasces
oh, cool!
When I went it was closed
GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS ***LITERALLY HITLER***
elevator repairs
fuckin spiderman
And yeah, part of why we chose the bald eagle as the national animal was for the Roman A E S T H E T I C S
@King Canuck Behold peak mistakable-for-Nazi-symbology https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/NGB-seal-high.png
And then germany used it and it got awkward
tbh I think one of the best-designed eagles, from a design perspective is the fuckin. one sec