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Please stop confusing the buddhist swastika with the N*zi cross, you're just spreading a harmful view of this religion symbol that almost got banned once somewhere in the EU.
I agree, plus the Nazi version would possibly be easier to shift.
Unfortunately the Nazi one is also called a swastika because they appropriated the symbol, and just rotated it 45 degrees.
The rotation isn't actually a required part. Anyone trying to tell you otherwise is, quite frankly, probably a gaslighting Nazi. You'll find it on various military vehicles in the 90-degree orientation quite a lot. Propaganda use typically has the tilt but, again, not having the tilt doesn't mean it's not Nazi shit.
The symbol was also used well beyond India. They actually co-opted the symbol after its popularity in Europe grew from the discovery of Troy:
There are other reasons of course, but I just think that's kind of neat.
Wow, good to know!
I feel like I've also seen it in Hindu/ Buddhist imagery with the corner upwards as well.