if anyone curious: swastika symbol is not exclusive to Nazis and more ancient culture have used it (and some still do).
English word swastika is originally of the Sanskrit language (स्वस्तिक, lit. ‘conducive to well-being’).[1][9] In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya, prosperity, and good luck; while the left-facing symbol (卍) is sometimes called sauvastika, symbolising night or tantric aspects of Kali
I’m Jewish and my wife is Indian. For our wedding, we had to print literature for my family to understand the original meanings of swastik symbols. For her family, many visiting from India, we had to include a brief history lesson about the Holocaust and the Nazi’s abuse of this symbol.
“Yes, even though he killed a lot of British people and was the enemy of history’s greatest monster Winston Churchill, Hitler was still a very bad man because of… other stuff… and is really quite evil in the eyes of most Westerners. And especially Aunt Rachel who he personally tried to put in an oven.”
Is that’s the case then usually those are + symbol shaped. But adding additional fins in the end would distribute force more evenly, and make it slightly stronger and less prone to breaking. Easy and cheap fix if that part was breaking more than an acceptable amount.
I kinda hate it’s still so strongly associated with the Nazis with no real attempt to reclaim it; it’s one of humanity’s oldest symbols, and they shouldn’t have nice things
I mean give it a short time - 500 years or so - I’m sure it’ll be forgotten.
No one really associates roses with the Tudors and Stuarts any more, the Trikelion and the Triquetra aren’t sacred symbols any more, people use the Cadeceus when they mean the Asclepius staff, depending on context some enemies of France would’ve seen the Fleur de Lys as an offensive symbol…
We have fortunately gotten rid of many kings and removed the social basis of feudalism. However, Neo-Nazis persist today and seem likely to persist for a while longer. Their symbolism will remain known as such until the destruction of the basis of fascism.
I had a misguided but well meaning friend who tried to reclaim it by putting a sticker on her bass. It was the inverted form to what the nazis used, and had some extra elements to it which should have differentiated it enough to know it was meant as a peace symbol… it was not enough. I don’t think a single person that saw that sticker DIDN’T think it was a hate symbol.
Prior to WWII, it was sometimes used in the US as a symbol of good luck. That’s why, for example, there are those antique metal fobs in the shape of a swastika with the Coca-Cola logo embossed on them.
if anyone curious: swastika symbol is not exclusive to Nazis and more ancient culture have used it (and some still do).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
I’m Jewish and my wife is Indian. For our wedding, we had to print literature for my family to understand the original meanings of swastik symbols. For her family, many visiting from India, we had to include a brief history lesson about the Holocaust and the Nazi’s abuse of this symbol.
“Yes, even though he killed a lot of British people and was the enemy of history’s greatest monster Winston Churchill, Hitler was still a very bad man because of… other stuff… and is really quite evil in the eyes of most Westerners. And especially Aunt Rachel who he personally tried to put in an oven.”
That must have been a fun pamphlet to write.
In this case it looks more like it’s being used as some kind of ratchet than as a secret symbol
Too uneven. On a video someone made it is like a bump that sticks out to push something behind the button.
Most likely it is just a hidden good luck symbol from whatever Asian country made the part.
Is that’s the case then usually those are + symbol shaped. But adding additional fins in the end would distribute force more evenly, and make it slightly stronger and less prone to breaking. Easy and cheap fix if that part was breaking more than an acceptable amount.
LG would be South Korea. Maybe it contacts tracks on PCB below and it’s some kind of semi-conductive rubber
Swastikas are quite common in South Korea particularly at religious sites.
This, it’s called a manja. You’ll go hike to a Buddhist shrine in the mountains and the place is covered in swastikas.
Perhaps not. The company’s full name isn’t lg. It’s Lucky Goldstar. It would fit with the name and Asian culture in general.
I kinda hate it’s still so strongly associated with the Nazis with no real attempt to reclaim it; it’s one of humanity’s oldest symbols, and they shouldn’t have nice things
I mean give it a short time - 500 years or so - I’m sure it’ll be forgotten.
No one really associates roses with the Tudors and Stuarts any more, the Trikelion and the Triquetra aren’t sacred symbols any more, people use the Cadeceus when they mean the Asclepius staff, depending on context some enemies of France would’ve seen the Fleur de Lys as an offensive symbol…
We have fortunately gotten rid of many kings and removed the social basis of feudalism. However, Neo-Nazis persist today and seem likely to persist for a while longer. Their symbolism will remain known as such until the destruction of the basis of fascism.
Monarchists also persist unfortunately.
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/26/from-maga-to-monarchy-how-tech-billionaires-are-engineering-american-autocracy/
Curtis Yarvin is a piece of shit.
I had a misguided but well meaning friend who tried to reclaim it by putting a sticker on her bass. It was the inverted form to what the nazis used, and had some extra elements to it which should have differentiated it enough to know it was meant as a peace symbol… it was not enough. I don’t think a single person that saw that sticker DIDN’T think it was a hate symbol.
I’m still pissed about the Charlie Chaplin mustache being ruined.
Okay but why is it in an LG washing machine?!?
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LG is a South Korean company, so that might have something to do with it.
The Nazis also famously rotated it and made it “bold”
I heard this is why the Nazi’s/Italians/Japan we called “The Axis” as the swastika was tilted on its axis vs the ancient rune thats squares.
That’s not where the term axis came from.
It was from a Mussolini speech.
It’s such a simple symbol that most ancient cultures have used it at some point or another everywhere around the world.
Prior to WWII, it was sometimes used in the US as a symbol of good luck. That’s why, for example, there are those antique metal fobs in the shape of a swastika with the Coca-Cola logo embossed on them.