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[–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Also, the sickle is Marxist-Leninist revisionism. HAMMER ONLY, PEASANTS OUT OF MY GOOD WORKER'S REVOLUTION

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is this true or a joke? Was the sickle actually added later?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Kind of true. The hammer and sickle as a combined symbol was a creation of the Soviet period. The hammer represents the proletariat, wage laborers. The sickle represents the peasantry.

    In orthodox Marxism (as opposed to Marxism-Leninism), the peasantry are seen as not having significant revolutionary potential, and it is the movement from peasant societies to industrial societies which creates the necessary working class for a revolutionary transition to socialism. But there was no widely adopted symbol like the Soviet hammer and sickle - a variety of diverse symbols (including hammers and sickles separately) were used by socialist groups before the Soviet Union.

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