The swastika symbol implies or suggests Nazism which is a form of SOCIALISM. Yeah, for certain people. see here for something completely different.  Here is an interesting perspective, from 1888 by Blavatsky, take it for what it is worth.  You will find it here: https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfOccultHermeticAlchemicalSigilsSymbolsFredGettings1981/page/n255 Copy past the link into your browser. Page 255 will open up look right down corner and page 256 to read it for yourself. For those having some reservations with the word occult, it means hidden. Nothing to be afraid of, as it is derived from latin: meaning to obscure or keep secret, not divulged.  With this in mind: a regular swastika means The Hammer of Creation, the man between heaven and earth, one hand raised, the other point to the earth. the connection so to speak. Or, it could be taken as a sign of the zodiac. It points to the continual motion and revolution (sic) of the invisible cosmos of forces - it points to the cycles (sic) of time worlds axes and it's equatorial belts.  Interestingly, in this same vein, the story of Odin hanging in a tree finding cosmological knowledge seems to convey the same meaning. See Futark: Radho, or rad (German =Wheel) Now you also understand the raised arm with the palm stretched. ;-)  Ok the Romans did it too.  But what is interesting is to consider how it is portrayed:   https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29644591:  How the world loved the swastika - until Hitler stole it ...  Question: what keeps us then from restoring it's meaning?   https://www.truthorfiction.com/was-ivanka-trump-photographed-wearing-a-swastika-logo/  I really urge you to look it up. And grin. Some people are really stupid.   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-brought-swastika-germany-and-how-nazis-stole-it-180962812/   The Man Who Brought the Swastika to Germany, and How the Nazis Stole It Even after decades, the symbol can't shake free from its evil associations....  Note the wording. They could also have used the politically correct: cultural appropriation, hahaha, but anyhow ... question: what is keeping us from taking up the real meaning?  Considering the fact that Hitler came to power in '33 and the war did not start untill '39, if you had lived in 1933 Germany, in deep poverty, your mother had to prostitute herself to get some money for food, and then the economic change. Would you have considered that symbol to be a symbol of hate, or would you have taken it as a symbol of well being?  If you look closely enough you see a slight difference between the, what I would call, regular swastika, and the one used by National Socialism in Germany. Yes, indeed, the difference is a 45 degree angle in the latter.  Going back to the explanation as given by Blavatski, you might want to check what certain people espouse. Ever heard of the 4th turning? It bring us back to the 2015/2017 period where Steve Bannon played a significant role in the election of Donald Trump.  see here: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/04/steve_bannon_and_the_fourth_turning.html In the basis, certain sociologist have come up with a theory that certain movements in society are cyclical. These forces are unseen, and we are not always conscious about the time we live in. Is the time ripe? It is an interesting hypothesis with a clear framework.  And apparently, the time was ripe. Thinking and pointing to cycles is nothing new. Even the bible, in proverbs I belief, speaks of the water cycle in a time water evaporation was not generally understood and the whole process was thought to be in the hands of God, as God gave rain in time as long as Israel was obedient to the LAW.    Certain Christian groups will refrain from using the cross. They even go as far as to argue, Jesus did not die on a cross, but on a pole. They are so abhorred by this symbol, because of a story of suffering. Yet, to most Christians, it is a symbol of hope, of life.  John Q Arkanstone wrote:   The swastika symbol implies or suggests Nazism which is a form of SOCIALISM. The Nazi party in Germany in the 1930s to 40s was the NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY OF GERMANY. Only uneducated obtuse itdiotic pieces of flostsam like the democrats could possibly try to associate Nazism and swatsikas with the CONSERVATIVE slogan of MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN or KEEP AMERICA GREAT. Trump supporters need to be educated about the fact that NAZIS and swatstikas are all about SOCIALISM.  I agree that people should be educated, or rather educate themselves, on this topic.    The first sentence is already noteworthy. He should have written: to me it implies, because, he is free to imply anything. That does not mean the symbol implies the same thing over and over. AS we have seen, the BBC is clearly concerned about the incessant linking of a well-being symbol with evil. The implication made also is an implication after the fact. For fun goto answers.com and plug in the question why did Hitler chose the swastika.   "In red we see the social idea of the movement, in white the nationalistic idea, in the swastika the mission of the struggle for the victory of the Aryan man, and, by the same token, the victory of the idea of creative work, which as such always has been and always will be anti-Semitic. " - My Struggle.  Reading this passage it is easy to see why this symbol is considered anti-semitic, right? Do you see the BUZZ-words? Now READ it AGAIN. It is the victory of the idea of creative work that he thought to be anti semitic. This is not to indicate that creative work means art or productions that today are considered art.  Question: What was the inscription above the gate in Auschwitz? ...... Arbeit macht frei, or work liberates. (why would you put that over the entrance of an extermination camp is still a riddle to me....) Question: How did the National Socialist manage to rebuild Germany? By pegging the unit of money to the unit of work/ production. So, no elastic currency printable ad infinitum! Question: Was there any room for a central Bank in Germany? And if, what was it's function?  Comparison: Does the current fiat currency money-out-of-thin-air-system lead to well-being or suffering? And for whom? How has this trick been going for Germany in the years 1923 - 1933? see what Texas rep. plat had to say in 1933:   "Patman Argues for Payment in Money," Dallas (TX) Morning News, January 16, 1933, sec. 1, pg. 4, col. 6.  "If the American people ever allow the private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and the corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered".   Considering the enormous economical and social changes in Germany during the period 1933 - 1938 - Was the ideology aimed at making Germany great again? Was the ideology aimed to providing shelter for Africa or was it meant to rebuild Germany and provide for affordable housing for strong families of German origin?    As it were, many countries still retain certain national socialist ideas: like paid holiday leave. Or what about the idea of Victor Orban (Hungary) to promote tax relief for couples who decide to have two, three, or more children. Or what about the protections for animals against cruelty? Or the idea that corporations have a social responsibility and are bound to pay fair wages? How about instead of inciting class struggle, promoting class cooperation? Or to build highways but such that the least or no damage is done to certain habitats? Respect for other cultures and customs in their own land? I have to admit, the latter is not a NS original idea. It was already entrusted to paper in 1600 by Hugo Grotius in his book about maritime right.  We do understand, I think, that there are certain things that can be considered common sense. And an honest appraisal would have to include not only the common sense ideas, but also the occult meaning of the swastika, meaning, that a new future was being forged, the cycle had moved. Those insisting on only one view, an evil one, should clearly be considered ignorami, or as one German journalist would have it: NAZI.   Nazi is a political epithet invented by Konrad Heiden during the 1920s, as a means of denigrating the NSDAP and National Socialism.[1] Heiden was a journalist and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, whose mother was Jewish.  The word itself derives from the German word for National Socialism: "Nationalsozialismus". It was coined for its negative sound and connection, as the word "sozi" had previously been used to refer to Marxists in Germany, particularly those of the Social Democratic Party of Germany - "Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands". It is also a political pun similar to an Austro-Bavarian word for "simpleton".[2] It was then popularised abroad by various individuals, including Heiden himself, who fled the country after the NSDAP gained power.  With regard to what Antifa is doing, clearly foul play. The same game different time. But consider yourself as an Antifa communist in 1936. While you consider the cupious lifestyle of your comrades in the Soviet Union, after having st  7ff9  arved the Ukraine to death, standing in line to obtain a piece of bread, with no cars, dusty roads, substandard housing, you look outside and ponder the changes in your own country. How do you reconcile your communist utopia with what you are seeing on the street? Antifa will fail as they always have.