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A.A.Ron on Nostr: True, but it's a bit of a stretch. Fasces were a bundle of sticks handed out to ...

True, but it's a bit of a stretch.

Fasces were a bundle of sticks handed out to soldiers to beat people with to get them in line, adopted by the fascists as a symbol of strength.

A faggot-gatherer was a near useless person who eeked out a meager existance by gather sticks to use as firewood.