• MrSmith@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    The symbol has nothing to do with what’s on the list.

    It’s a symbol of hate, suffering and oppression.

    (crossposted from lemmy.ml, btw)

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      18 hours ago

      Disagree. Also pointing out it came from lemmy.ml - it’s getting tiring.

      It’s also very appropriate for the meme given it speaks to the red scare propaganda peddled in the US.

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        17 hours ago

        I’m sorry you’re tired, but a lot of newer users aren’t aware.

        I don’t think it’s appropriate anywhere, aside from historical contexts. Especially next to “positive” things that have little to no relation to it.

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          17 hours ago

          Sorry I didn’t see you’re an anti-communist. Your view makes perfect sense now. Thanks for the honesty!

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              12 hours ago

              the symbol has nothing to do with anything on the list

              Meanwhile USSR:

              “Expresses concern for the poor” lowers inequality to the lowest levels in the region

              “Expresses concern for the treatment of marginalized groups” women suffrage since 1917, massive literacy campaigns regardless of ethnicity or gender

              “Expresses concern over the rise of fascism” defeats Nazism in Europe saving tens of millions of lives

              “Takes an interest in history and philosophy” makes education free to the highest level for everyone, including maintenance wages to university students, and promotes education among adult workers with night programs and in-factory volunteers and after-work programs

              “Wishes for a world where all are treated equally” collaborates with the decolonization of Africa, South America and Asia without engaging in colonialism

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                    13 hours ago

                    I add a note that appears next to your name to not engage. Don’t need westerners who think that “EU bad, USSR good” to tell me how it was to live in the USSR. Because they didn’t, and I did.

                    Now off you f…

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        20 hours ago

        Thanks! I just had a problem with the sign. The idea of the post is fun and I see the humour in it.

        I just think the sign is put there in bad faith, as .ml are known for revisionism.

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        17 hours ago

        Holding on to burned iconography doesn’t help any exploited working class. Visually very naff, though.

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          16 hours ago

          This is my take on it:

          I think shifting away from the symbol is important, as there are many negatives associated with it.

          Mainly all the negatives perceptions of the USSR and those rapidly overtake the positives that are being reinforced by the rest of the “meme”.