Everyone uses this as if it is THE flag of the Soviet Union despite it not being used in 1917-55, which was the most pivotal era of the Union. Like what the fuck does the 55 flag have to it's name? It didn't experience ww2, it wasn't triumphantly raised over the reichstag. Just a stupid attempt at 'destalinization', an attempt which discarded the flag under which tens of millions bled fighting against fascism. FUCK YOU KHRUSCHEV (love you for aiding natlib movements though ❤️ )
I like the latter ngl. Not saying I don’t like the original, or that I’m endorsing Kruschev, but I like that the space with just red is simply larger. Red as a color evokes a lot of emotion, and as symbolic the sickle and hammer are as communist icons, it’s more important to emphasize the natural strength of passion that binds all of us. Also prefer the less bubbly sickly and hammer of the latter.
Lastly, I think the 2nd one works better as a unifying banner for world wide communism and the original is too provincial. Why? Fuck if I know. Edit: Actually, I think it’s because the original has a very Russian aesthetic, probably because of the more pronounced swoop of the sickle
Will agree the original evokes a lot of WWII imagery
yeah and the USSR was an actual entity not just the symbol of the working class, since it wasn't just a workers movement. People forget how the bolsheviks lead the way in worker-peasant unity for the building of a socialist state, and that is why they had the hammer and sickle.
also if you're going to complain, the hammer and sickle only are on one side of the USSR flag. The other is plain red
i'm not complaining, as long as there are different entities it'd be confusing for them to use all-red in every context. but i like when the flags have more red for that reason
The original corporate redesign
Everyone uses this as if it is THE flag of the Soviet Union despite it not being used in 1917-55, which was the most pivotal era of the Union. Like what the fuck does the 55 flag have to it's name? It didn't experience ww2, it wasn't triumphantly raised over the reichstag. Just a stupid attempt at 'destalinization', an attempt which discarded the flag under which tens of millions bled fighting against fascism. FUCK YOU KHRUSCHEV (love you for aiding natlib movements though ❤️ )
It has Sputnik and Gagarin. And I kinda like this hammer and sickle more.
I like the latter one better
I don’t get the hexbears saying they like this one better.
I like the latter ngl. Not saying I don’t like the original, or that I’m endorsing Kruschev, but I like that the space with just red is simply larger. Red as a color evokes a lot of emotion, and as symbolic the sickle and hammer are as communist icons, it’s more important to emphasize the natural strength of passion that binds all of us. Also prefer the less bubbly sickly and hammer of the latter.
Lastly, I think the 2nd one works better as a unifying banner for world wide communism and the original is too provincial. Why? Fuck if I know. Edit: Actually, I think it’s because the original has a very Russian aesthetic, probably because of the more pronounced swoop of the sickle
Will agree the original evokes a lot of WWII imagery
more red is more better, the original flag of the workers movement is an unadorned red flag
yeah and the USSR was an actual entity not just the symbol of the working class, since it wasn't just a workers movement. People forget how the bolsheviks lead the way in worker-peasant unity for the building of a socialist state, and that is why they had the hammer and sickle.
also if you're going to complain, the hammer and sickle only are on one side of the USSR flag. The other is plain red
i'm not complaining, as long as there are different entities it'd be confusing for them to use all-red in every context. but i like when the flags have more red for that reason
sorry, then i misread
the swooped sickle was just similar to the symbols of communism from the 20s and earlier. everyone had a similar symbol.