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jackfraser
I see you also looked it up after seeing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20710511

Say what you will about fascism, at the very least it sure has a hell of an aesthetic

[dead] ausbah
Here's what I'll say about fascism, it's a hateful, divisive "ideology", and the only people who bring up the "appealing aesthetics" are probably fascists themselves.
dang
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

Particularly, we might add, when the alternative is turning the f-word on somebody.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

steve19
European fascists appropriated aesthetics from ancient cultures intentionally.

A mace and an Eagle as a symbol of office goes back thousands of years, which is mentioned in the article itself.