Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoThe hammer and sickle symbolized the biggest groups of proletarians, manual laborers and farmers. What would today's symbol be?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down16
arrow-up165arrow-down1imageThe hammer and sickle symbolized the biggest groups of proletarians, manual laborers and farmers. What would today's symbol be?lemmy.mlPommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26·edit-22 days agoThe same, honestly. These jobs never went away, they were just shifted out of the imperial core to the periphery. It’s a symbol of two classes, the proletariat and the peasantry. While the peasantry has been mostly phased out, its symbol remains.
minus-squaredraco_aeneus@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI don’t think the scythe really represents farming in the modern era though.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoNeither does the hammer for the average industrial worker, but both are symbolic.
The same, honestly. These jobs never went away, they were just shifted out of the imperial core to the periphery. It’s a symbol of two classes, the proletariat and the peasantry. While the peasantry has been mostly phased out, its symbol remains.
I don’t think the scythe really represents farming in the modern era though.
Neither does the hammer for the average industrial worker, but both are symbolic.