In the developed world (esp. the US), the hammer and sickle, symbols of labor, are not actually used that widely anymore. Industrial monocrop mechanised agriculture and assembly-line manufacturing processes, as well as the use of robotics means most workers are no longer swinging a hammer or sickle as they produce goods, such as food, for the society. tl;dr: As manual labor has changed in the US & developed countries, does this well-recognized Communist symbol need updating?
I heard a suggestion once that we use an aspen leaf as an American socialist symbol. If you don't know, a grove of aspen trees is connected at the roots. One giant organism sharing resources. As such they're the first to rebound after a fire.
Juche style three-tooled symbol with a pallet jack on the left, computer keyboard on the right and a vibrator in the middle (for onlyfans sex workers)
Lot of radicalized sex workers out there, especially trans sex workers. It really deserves to be better unionized.
Yeah I understand the worker symbolism with the hammer & sickle. Love it, but why should work be the focus? I mean, with automation and the productive forces currently deployed we could all be looking at massively reduced work weeks. That's why I like the just the plain red flag (or the red/black flag, also very good).
Hammers are still used in construction.
How do we symbolize an uber driver getting a ping on their app, a podcaster, and someone who draws furry porn for the money?
Upgrade that hammer and sickle into a headset and horsecock
Empowering symbols for service/retail work might be hands.
Two right hands: one palms out, fingers pointed up, (like the 'stop' gesture) ; refusing service. one palms out, fingers pointed down; giving, partaking in transaction
I think you could unobtrusively fit a lightning bolt symbol in there somewhere to represent electricity
Any hypothetical symbol we use should be relatively quick to draw or spray paint.
long form vs shorthand? Institutions can take the intricate, detailed symbol; union organizers can take the rough-cut design
I think we should invent a new ideology and use the ancon flag but put mao’s face on it
stellaris has this as a symbol: https://i.imgur.com/P7lZjAZ.png
my opinion: something like mozambique or the DDR.
i really like this personally but we gotta get non soviet stuff to reel people in first you know
I like the normal hammer and sickle, and I also like the variants with gears. The WPK variant with the brush is cool too.
The WPK one is perfect. Adds the intelligentsia/artist class as a vital component along with the workers and farmers
Bread in a house.
It's just as valid to symbolize what we're offering, instead of the people we're organizing. And if symbolizing the people means trying to fit a backhoe, the database symbol, and a deep fat fryer onto a flag, then maybe that's not the best choice for graphic design anymore.
