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View submission: How to fix a Swastika
There's a Buddhist temple in Vietnam which has what is clearly a Nazi Swastika, down to the angle and bold lines. The tour guide explained to us that the workers were not aware of the western meaning of swastikas and just copied one from the internet. I still find this hilarious.
Comment by dhwtyhotep at 10/03/2025 at 20:46 UTC
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The swastika comes natively in every direction, angle, and style. Your tour guide may have been telling you a common myth, rather than something founded in reality or acknowledgment of actual minority cultures
Comment by VinylHighway at 10/03/2025 at 19:41 UTC
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I find that hilarious that once other cultures find out they don’t…take it down