Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 3:13 pm

Who is the snake shirt guy? And is that an Italian fascist on his side?

Who is the snake shirt guy? And is that an Italian fascist on his side?

The snake references the historic Gadsden flag a symbol adopted by the extreme right of late years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag
The battle axe with the bound fasces handle is Roman iconography used on American currency last century.
The small sticks (fasces ) symbolise strength through unity- many small weak sticks becoming strong when bound together ( by the fascist authoritarian Party ).
Presumably also adopted by right extremists.

nemo wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 5:01 pm

Who is the snake shirt guy? And is that an Italian fascist on his side?

The battle axe with the bound fasces handle is Roman iconography used on American currency last century.
The small sticks (fasces ) symbolise strength through unity- many small weak sticks becoming strong when bound together ( by the fascist authoritarian Party ).
Presumably also adopted by right extremists.

fasces in its oldest meaning represents the jursdiction/law/magistrate. In the 20st century it became a symbol of fasciscm. The comic is ambigous in this point. Both interpretations make sense.