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A comment on Japan's Hometown Tax. Parent comment

Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by gaius on Friday October 19, 2018 @02:03PM (#18258646)
"one stick, alone, weak — many sticks, together, stronk". Just that the bundle is stronger than its constituents.

Isn't there a word for a bundle of sticks bound together?

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Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by gshubert17 on Friday October 19, 2018 @03:55PM (#18259528)
fasces: (in ancient Rome) a bundle of rods with a projecting ax blade, carried by a lictor as a symbol of a magistrate's power. In the 20th century used as an emblem of authority in Fascist Italy.
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