On Symbolism

Objectively, some vile people do awful things.  Subjectively, the same people see themselves as good persons doing good things.  We saw this before with the NSDAP and we're seeing this again with Anti-fa.

The same people often virtue signal.

Before it was adopted as a symbol of a certain notorious political party the swastika was once a good luck charm.  The twin stripes on the collars of Heer (German army) uniforms was once only used on the uniforms of elite guards regiments of the Imperial German and Prussian armies.  The skull and crossbones  symbol used on caps of the SS was once used by the cavalry of the Imperial German and Prussian armies.  What we now call the Hitler salute was once the ancient Roman Imperial salute.  The Pledge Of Allegiance was performed with the ancient Roman Imperial salute (there are photographs).  But became to be performed with the hand over the heart.

Up to the Great Depression the bundled rods was a symbol of state.  We see this phenomena as decorations all over the city of Washington.  Even the downtown Minneapolis Post Office used the symbol as a decoration.  The bundled rods with the axe was the symbol of the Roman state.  It was then used as the symbol of the Fascisti  and the Vichy Republic.