Cuz it looked cool in Triumph of the Will and the alternative ways of looking cool on a parade take a shit ton of training and discipline and coordination that they can’t pull off.
In addition to other comments, they probably have some feeling that it intimidates potential protestors to be carrying a flaming stick.
Maybe they are also going for causing a variation of the “suspension bridge effect” in their followers to be carrying and surrounded by dangerous objects.
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Cuz it looked cool in Triumph of the Will and the alternative ways of looking cool on a parade take a shit ton of training and discipline and coordination that they can’t pull off.
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Probably feudal times, when heretics and rebellious women were burnt at the stake.
In addition to other comments, they probably have some feeling that it intimidates potential protestors to be carrying a flaming stick.
Maybe they are also going for causing a variation of the “suspension bridge effect” in their followers to be carrying and surrounded by dangerous objects.
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At least they’re not tiki torches from walmart this time.