i would agree that ww2 was instigated by the nazis... yet i don't think that is why the swastika is specifically reviled. ww1 was arguably instigated by a variety of different powers and was a more or less equivalent loss of life yet none of those regimes personify evil in our modern frame of reference in quite the same way.
the nazis are reviled because they were genocidal fanatics. the soviet regime was every bit as genocidal and fanatic. i will not emphasize japan as much since i don't know as much about them... but from what i've heard... yea
edit: and let us not forget that the soviets actually helped the nazis instigate ww2 by jointly invading poland, which is where the war really kicked off.
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