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
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.
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.
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.
Okay but why is it in an LG washing machine?!?
LG is a South Korean company, so that might have something to do with it.
Leben’s Geil
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.
Curtis Yarvin is a piece of shit.
Somewhere out there are honest-to-god Bourbonists but they do not have a material basis to exist as a major force.
Russian and russophilic fash still fly the imperial banner (thus keeping its meaning in memory as a symbol) but they will never reinstate tsarist feudalism, only fascism. The conditions for tsarism simply no longer exist. The coat of arms of the House of Bourbon on the other hand has not been widely used by the modern French far right. Bourbonism as a movement no longer exists. Thus it does not symbolise the white terror anymore, while the imperial banner does.
Roman symbolism exists in an in-between state where it is not necessarily the domain of imperialist reactionaries but remains in use by them.
The strongest reactionary monarchist movements, and thus those whose symbols still hold weight, are in places which still have monarchs (e.g. Ulster traitors, neo-falanguists).
This only really proves my point that symbols retaining hateful meaning do so through active use by hateful movements and that it only really loses its connotations when the movement is symbolises ceases to exist in a meaningful way.
I’m still pissed about the Charlie Chaplin mustache being ruined.
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.
There certainly have been attempts to reclaim it, but it’s very difficult for obvious reasons.
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.
The Nazis also famously rotated it and made it “bold”
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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.
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No, to be a swastika (Hakenkreuz) it needs to be surrounded by a circle. This is a manja, you see them all the time in Buddhism and the culture that the Nazis stole it from is over 6k years old.
That being said. Fuck Nazis. Fuck Fascists. And if you need to err on the side of caution, feel free to be suspicious every time you see a manja.
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No, to be a swastika (Hakenkreuz) it needs to be surrounded by a circle. This is a manja, you see them all the time in Buddhism and the culture that the Nazis stole it from is over 6k years old.
No, the Nazis also used them without circles. And modern neonazis and edgy teenagers also are total fuckwits who don’t really use the CI stylebook of the NSDAP for correct swastika usage. So you can only check this out of context: Some hidden symbol in a washing machine from Asia? Chances are good that this used as an asiatic lucky charm. Those graffiti in your local underpass in a western town? Chances are that they were not drawn by a rouge gang of buddists trying to with you luck.
Nazis used them flat rather than rotated too
I stand corrected. The NSDAP party had flat swastikas however they were always surrounded by a circle. The official symbolism of the Nazi government of Germany however used an angled Hakenkreuz. Regional parties however did use the flat swastika. Always though, they were surrounded by a circle. Otherwise they were manja symbols. ::: spoiler Unless you’re referring to the Broken Sun Cross. No they didn’t. They used manja symbols. But no the “Swastika” which was referred to as the Hakenkreuz was only ever on an angle.
:::Nope, both were displayed - the angled version was more common, but both forms of Hakenkreuz were used by the NSDAP.
https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/nazi-germany-nazi-ss-troops-marching-everett.jpg
https://media.gettyimages.com/id/184253409/photo/nazi-party-rally-germany-1931.jpg
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2YXEK99/wwii-nazi-storm-troopers-saluting-the-swastika-zweiter-weltkrieg-nazi-sturmtruppen-gren-das-hakenkreuz-2YXEK99.jpgTIL
Thanks for the correction.
Also https://media.gettyimages.com/id/184253409/photo/nazi-party-rally-germany-1931.jpg
Is a dead link for me.
I can’t find the same picture but here’s another - it’s one of the statues put up at Nuremberg https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0222/27/massive-german-eagle-hakenkreuz_1_caf410b150e740e75586106150bff6eb.jpg
Direct image access denied, please go to worthpoint.com to view images.
I know which one you’re talking about.
There’s also this super famous one that got blown up. I can’t believe I forgot about the giant one on the top of Nuremberg Stadium, now Max-Morlock-Stadion.
There are some Nazi symbols that omit the circle on the page you linked. In heraldry, and the 1939 iron cross. But I think it’s a very strong rule of thumb
Still wondering what a manja is doing on the inside of a washing machine button
Europe stole from
It was pretty popular before they ruined it.
That, and the dots, but they’re not always there
It’s from the The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), c. 2600–1900 BCE. If you break the seal, all those missing socks and underwear will reappear. It’s kind of a metaphysical dust trap built into the machine as a way of maintaining balance in the universe.
It sounds like a containment unit, like in Ghostbusters.
Less ghost busters more like the Mummy. If too many people break the seals on their dryers a great evil will be unleashed.
Your washing machines sort colors and whites? What kinda bougeouise stuff y’all got? I only ever hear about people sorting white from colors so the machine doesn’t unify things
We are all just cogs in the proverbial washing machine
Free the washiteriat!
*dryer
It’s interesting the reply mentioned washing machines when the OP was specifically talking about a dryer.
This looks more like that Indian symbol I see around Diwali.
You see these all over China at all the temples. Most Buddha’s statues have them over his heart
Okay but why is it in an LG washing machine?
What country was the part made in? My guess is china and the rune means good fortune in their culture. Whom ever made the injection mold added it to pass on good fortune would be my guess.
You see them all of Korea where LG is headquartered, too. And all over Japan, and all over India, and all over Thailand, etc, etc. Any country with a historically large Buddhist or Hindu following, basically.
Since no one else is saying it, I would assume it’s some reinforcing that they added late in the molding
It looks like the recycling symbol to me
My washing machine doesn’t participates in segregation
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Just a heads up: That URL has some tracking code in it, and it told me your YouTube username (and gave an option to “Allow Messaging”) when I opened it
Whoa! Thanks for letting me know!
Nazis called their symbol Hakenkreuz (Hooked Cross), not Swastika.
Sarihair is an idiot. That’s a Gammadion Cross and the Finnish Air Force is using the same symbol after discontinuing in 1945. Stupid ass AmeriKans think everything is a damn Swastika.
So why is it in a random washing machine?
probably because it’s a very useful shape for distributing load from e.g. a push button mount. the insides of appliances are seldom designed for aesthetics.
LG’s founder’s (Koo In-hwoi) nickname “Yonam” is a portmanteau of Buddhist temple and pond. LG was founded in front of the temple of reference. Not surprising to see Buddhist imagery in their products.
