I wasn’t disagreeing with you, just preempting any suggestion that the Red/black= evil phenomena was especially universal or ancient. I think the Nazi explanation is a good one.
That said, red and black do seem to be the color most associated with hell and the underworld.
The Norsefire flag in V for Vendetta is pretty obviously a Nazi’d up version of the St. George Cross.
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
-Sinclair Lewis
Well, nobody sees themselves as evil. I’m suggesting that the red/black combo might be associated with evil after WW2 because the Nazis were so evil.
The Norsefire flag in V for Vendetta is pretty obviously a Nazi’d up version of the St. George Cross.
I wasn’t disagreeing with you, just preempting any suggestion that the Red/black= evil phenomena was especially universal or ancient. I think the Nazi explanation is a good one.
That said, red and black do seem to be the color most associated with hell and the underworld.
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” -Sinclair Lewis