• post_trains [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    The three arrows were the symbol of the Eiserne Front - the militant wing of the Weimar Republic's SDP. Originally it represented opposition to monarchism, capitalism, and fascism but the capitalism got replaced with communism when they did the heel turn in 1932.

    • ap1 [any,undecided]
      ·
      4 years ago

      "soviet style communism" ie stalinism not broadly communism

        • ap1 [any,undecided]
          ·
          4 years ago

          is the ussr flag anti-communist for taking part in dismantling anarchist communist tendencies?

            • ap1 [any,undecided]
              ·
              4 years ago

              not really no

              and i was talking about spain

              and that wasnt the question

              • blobjim [he/him]
                ·
                4 years ago

                tfw you totally know that every imperialist nation invaded Russia to assist the White Army, but they totally could have just not had a centrally organized army to stop counterrevolutionaries.

                • ap1 [any,undecided]
                  ·
                  4 years ago

                  tfw central organization magically makes guns shoot harder or something

                  • blobjim [he/him]
                    ·
                    4 years ago

                    til guns are the only thing you need to win wars

        • ap1 [any,undecided]
          ·
          4 years ago

          also monarchism was often considered to represent reactionaryism - i.e. there was still a commitment to socialism and it was an explicitly counter reactionary symbology throughout its time. even though it became somewhat factional

      • Patos [none/use name]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Most people still interested in the class struggle here are tankies or maoists lol