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You know there's more to the image of the triad on the hospital than it merely being a pre-space fascist symbol. Fascist parties in Europe before World War II and still today in places like Greece gained wide popularity by appealing to the poor/unemployed portions of the population. A lot of that popularity came through providing services which were traditionally governmental or which catered to wealthier classes of people. Recently in Greece the Fascist Golden Dawn party distributed food and other necessities to poor towns and villages, but only gave then to ethnic Greeks. The famous Beer Hall Putsch was one of many time the growing Nazi Party called meetings in restaurants and bars and paid for the visitors to eat and drink (This may seem less like charity, until you remember Post-WWI Germany saw rampant unemployment and hyperinflation). The use of the triad on the hospital may suggest it was run by the same group who helped Visari come to power as a way of gaining popular support.
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There are a lot of design things going on between the Helghast and ISA logos. You guys mentioned the differences in the coloring and Crow mentioned the sort of "barbed" nature of the Helghast triad. But the difference between curved lines and harsh angles is important too. Curved lines denote softer, more organic things. This is carried over with regard to the ISA. Their soldiers, though all armored, tend to have exposed heads and patches of visible skin. In Killzone 1 we see them defending a world with actual nature, though it is ravaged by war brought by the Helghast. The Helghast triad, meanwhile, uses harsh angles and straight lines, often denoting a more artificial or mechanical design. The Helghast then fight completely covered by armor and machinery. Throughout the entire series you barely ever see that sickly pale Helghast skin on a soldier. Their forces look like warfare machines from the outside. And when we finally see Helghan, well let's just say their world has a lot less nature to enjoy (at least until Killzone 3). There are so many tiny details regarding the symbols and their use, especially the variations on the Helghast triad, that you could write a book. ... But I won't be writing it.
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