mech@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 14 小时前The hammer and sickle symbolized the biggest groups of proletarians, manual laborers and farmers. What would today's symbol be?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down14
arrow-up148arrow-down1imageThe hammer and sickle symbolized the biggest groups of proletarians, manual laborers and farmers. What would today's symbol be?lemmy.mlmech@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 14 小时前message-square26fedilink
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-239 分钟前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.
minus-squaredraco_aeneus@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 小时前I don’t think the scythe really represents farming in the modern era though.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 小时前Neither 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.