• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      I guess Buddhism is still common enough in Asia that WWII didn’t completely ruin the manji. You still see temples marked on maps with it these days.

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      8 months ago

      The Nazis stole that symbol from Buddhism.

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      8 months ago

      Hirosaki not changing theirs is… interesting.

      [David Herman as Michael Bolton with the flag of Hirosaki superimposed over his face]
      “Why should we change? They’re the ones who suck.”