• laverabe@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Why add a symbol that is almost solely used by totalitarian governments?

      The hammer and sickle remains commonplace in self-declared socialist states, such as China, Cuba, North Korea, Laos, and Vietnam, but also some former Soviet republics following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, such as Belarus and Russia.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_and_sickle

      Are there any countries that use the symbol that are actually nice places to live with good governments?

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        8 months ago

        I can’t tell if you’re being ignorant or disingenuous. The Ⓐ should be a clue as to my opinion on government in general, no? As for ☭ - check the first sentence of the article you linked. Or the description written under it, for what I meant to invoke.

        I am no USSR apologist. I just consider that symbol useful as a marker for worker solidarity.