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Switzerland’s Federal Council announced Friday that they are proposing a ban on Nazi symbols following a rise in antisemitism.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241216180149/https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/switzerland-proposes-ban-on-nazi-symbols/

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wow, that's like banning church steeples. Weird.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

it's not weird, it's just plain fucking racist

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They just want to launder the money without the emotional burden of having to think about the atrocities that get it there

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

They are no longer the haven they used to. After the reforms in 2016, 2021 and 2023 people are going to UK controlled islands or Taiwan now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Think they just want to shave of the swastikas of the gold bars they have and claim the shavings as intrest.