HailSeitan@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTrump Admin Drops the Olive Branch from U.S. Seal on New Dime Coins, Keeps the Arrowspeople.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1200file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareZedstrian@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHaving the personification of manifest destiny (i.e. genocide) on a coin isn’t great either.
minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYeah, but it was the norm prior to 1909 and was a little more aspirational than “he just got perforated, let’s slap his face on the half dollar.”
Having the personification of manifest destiny (i.e. genocide) on a coin isn’t great either.
Yeah, but it was the norm prior to 1909 and was a little more aspirational than “he just got perforated, let’s slap his face on the half dollar.”