I missed good quality drama because I was using my european timezone hack to sleep
what I find most amusing about this thread, and some parts of history in general, is that the desired effect of nazi propaganda still rings true in the future.
50 years ago, a national socialistic party decided to "borrow" symbolism from other civilizations in a gest to make their own look "superior".
In most cases, we do not remember the old civilization or culture that used those symbols (the swastica for example) but only their more modern implication.
anyway, the eagle nowadays is more associated with the USA then with any other culture, I truly dont understand why you would link it to the use of it by Axis forces in the second world war. You do realize, the americans were using their eagle aswell by this time?.
As someone put it down in big words which it is too early for me to comprehend fully due to a severe lack of cafeine;
You had an answer, and you were looking for the question, yet formulated it as a question.
That is what we call prejudice and guardian behaviour.
*edit*
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