It was during the period of the French Revolution that the gesture was invented by revolutionary republicans who framed their politics as a revival of the Roman republic.
Don't you hate how the word nazi lost all its meaning?
A guy wants a stronger border, likes racial jokes, dreams about white ethnostate and carries a membership card of NSDAP and suddenly he's a cardcarrying nazi! Ever heard about a thing called irony?? 🙄🙄