Description:
Robert writes in to ask James about the bundles of sticks behind the speaker's chair in the US congress chamber. James responds with a history lesson about the fasces, its use throughout history, how it arrived on the shores of America, and what it really represents.
Show Notes:
Fasces (whale.to article)
The Fasces: A History of Ancient Rome’s Most Dangerous Political Symbol by T. Corey Brennan
A new book explores the fasces, a symbol of power — and of unity
When Fasces Aren’t Fascist
Mussolini on the Corporate State
The Doctrine of Fascism
The Father, His Sons, and The Bundle of Sticks
The Fasces: A History of Ancient Rome’s Most Dangerous Political Symbol by T. Corey Brennan
A new book explores the fasces, a symbol of power — and of unity
When Fasces Aren’t Fascist
Mussolini on the Corporate State
The Doctrine of Fascism
The Father, His Sons, and The Bundle of Sticks
