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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
technically the nazi flag was pre ww2 as well, as was the nazi regime. and it drew on nationalist symbolism from the previous long standing german empire that ended in ww1. the japanese flag was adopted by the same modern japanese regime that saw it as their imperial destiny to conquer asia, and was a symbol of japan's rising dominance in that region, as well as a throwback to older japanese nationalist and mythological sentiments.
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... And the use of the swastika on the flag predates any country's flag. If I remember my world history correctly, the Romans used the swastika, right? That was their whole gimmick: 'We're just as powerful as Rome, or at least, we will be soon.'