Interested in opinions: increasing use of swastika in jewelry, claims that they are trying to "rehab

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12. I see it a lot it Mexico, where, IIRC, it is NOT a cultural symbol of any indigenous groups.

I study Mexican indigenous groups and I've not come across it, though I know that it is important among some native populations in the north-of-the-Rio-Grande-region.
There is a tremendous interest, for whatever reason, in Nazi history and lore among a younger age-set (I'm only 38, and I would venture that the interest is among the 18-30 group there). I've asked friends who live there and who are Mexican and they can't really explain it, except that there is an intertwining of German and Mexican history throughout the 19th and 20th century. There are often tianguis, or little markets, where one can buy all manner of Nazi propaganda, videos, books, flags, etc. It's very unnerving, even though I'm a historian and I realize some of this stuff (the movies and books in particular) are historical in nature.

I don't know. It's weird. I get the ancient element of the symbol and at any rate, the symbol was inverted by Hitler. But still.