▲ 88 ▼ Late Stage Capitalism is when Finland bans symbols of communism. 'It's always East Europe against Communist Symbols', 'Banning the communist symbol makes you a nazi.', (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by goat@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works 60 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Is this true or a joke? Was the sickle actually added later? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Super interesting and thought-provoking, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Super interesting and thought-provoking, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Super interesting and thought-provoking, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
