The axe in a bundle of rods symbol was a device that used to represent the Roman Senate. It also appears on some US coinage, as well as bas-relief wall decorations behind the Speakers's podium of the US House of Representatives. Mussolini picked this as a symbol for his political party because it evoked memories of Imperial Rome. The Italian Fascisti had promised their followers to MIGA.
It works both ways, though. Old Italian buildings are often full of surprises. Years ago, when workmen were remodeling the old L'Unione Italiana (a 19th century Italian workers' mutual aid society) building in Tampa, they knocked down a wall and found hidden behind it one of the largest surviving collections of Anarchist literature in the world.
You know what an Anarchist is, don't you? A Libertarian Socialist, that is, a Libertarian who believes big business is just as evil as big government.
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- So, is it fascism, or not?