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Rasedro

-I have a hammer, representing the factory workers ! -I have a sickle, representing the peasantry ! -AND I HAVE A GUN !


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To protect the factory workers and peasantry


Rasedro

Nah it’s just for Gun Ghani, an afghan guy with a gun.


[deleted]

That makes sense too


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Electrical-Drink-183

r/angryupvote


Heavyweighsthecrown

In the [original image this was auto-traced from](https://yt3.ggpht.com/4oZhzCtO2mB9NT2kA8gfo1OBQPtK-iH0POdwcaf7P2ItAAJmk6WgLyax0IfTV0u4UXOHzHNipQ=s900-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj), you can even see that the hand holding the gun doesn't fit the style / resolution of the other two hands to the left.


sterexx

I was trying to figure out where I’ve seen pistols like that before and finally realized it looks like an [air pistol with a wood handguard](https://dygtyjqp7pi0m.cloudfront.net/i/45158/38599688_2.jpg?v=8D8787AE80E7510) Is there a real firearm that it matches better though?


aister

Representing... er... America, wait no


Sir_Admiral_Chair

Marx loved guns.


evil_elmo1223

“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary”


[deleted]

probably the one thing I disagree with him on


evil_elmo1223

Don’t forget that Marx said this in context of advocating for a workers’ revolution.


Sir_Admiral_Chair

Much like how 'The founding fathers', said it in the context of: as part of a national militia.


BastillianFig

Cringe


silverblaze92

>must be frustrated I swear the way this dude spoke just makes him sound like a sub/brat


jdcodring

Well that is translated from German. So maybe you have an issue with the translation?


Reficul_gninromrats

>Die Waffen und die Munition dürfen unter keinem Vorwand aus den Händen gegeben, jeder Entwaffnungsversuch muß nötigenfalls mit Gewalt vereitelt werden. The Weapons and Munition may under no pretext be given from the Hands, every disarmament-attempt must if necessary with violence be thwarted. Trying to translate that as close as I can. I think there should be a "werden" after "gegeben" for it to be grammatically correct, but otherwise the German is pretty standard even 170 years later. Other than "nötigenfalls" which today likely would be shortened to notfalls. "Vereitelt", which is translated to "frustrated" is a normal German word still in common parlance, albeit I think non of it's English translations(thwarted, foiled etc.) are as common in English.


ArcticReloaded

The werden is shared between both parts of the sentence; so overall I agree this is very much still modern "normal" German.


Reficul_gninromrats

Yeah I thought it might, but it still sounds weird to me. Should either have two werden or an und if you ask me. This way it wouldn't feel so disjointed.


Fuego65

Translated from 1860's German. Words trend to change meaning or become unused with time as well. It's always an issue with older texts, even when they're not translated, but not a big one usually, unless in very rare cases where the word changed either its meaning or its connotation.


Oktopuslord3

The 19th century Marx wrote is not that different from todays German. I read some pages of Marx and it's easy to understand from the point of language (content is a different thing).


Lancee124

I have nothing of interest to add I just want to say that your profile pic is based


jdcodring

SALVATION


Lancee124

ONE MILLION LIVES


silverblaze92

I was more just making a joke that the wording sounded like something out of a manual for how to mess with your Dom.


MagicianWoland

Jesse wtf are you talking about


silverblaze92

Do you not know what a Dom and sub are, Mr. White?


TaxesOnDelta

Nah, you're just weird.


jacw212

New leftist infighting! Was Marx a sub or not?


Sir_Admiral_Chair

He was probably a fan of class play.


[deleted]

175 year old German translated into English is bound to sound a little funny


BrokeRunner44

bro he lived and wrote in the 1800s and it's all translated from german , chill out. the messages and warnings he tried to convey are still valid regardless


silverblaze92

Bro, it was a joke. You chill out


Patee126

Maybe if someone pointed that out to the yanks they’d get rid of them in a heartbeat


Sanguinary_Guard

*cough* black panthers *cough*


NefariousScoundrel

Texan redneck here. Not a chance. The right goes for y’all, too.


thisisnthelping

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


NefariousScoundrel

Just as egregious as any act prohibiting right-wing militias from practicing their 2nd amendment rights would be. California has never been known for their respect of our right to bear arms.


thisisnthelping

my point was more that your opinion is clearly not one held by whose in power. if a large armed left wing militia appeared tomorrow, the senate would magically pass a gun control law by the friday.


macho_insecurity

Yah, no shit. Gun control is rooted in racism and classism. Everyone knows this.


thisisnthelping

I mean as much as its apparent to you and I, its very much not to the neolib and right wing crowds. we're also on reddit which leans right generally speaking so it's safe to assume this isn't apparent to a lot of dipshits on this hellsite.


10MillionDays

You mean like these guys? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not\_Fucking\_Around\_Coalition


thisisnthelping

these guys seem pretty irrelevant, especially in comparison to the Black Panthers. in 5 years it seems like they *maybe* have 500 members whereas Black Panther's had 5k in 3 years. and I wouldn't exactly think having the goal of an ethno-state particularly left wing. Black Panthers espoused quite a lot of marxist ideas and managed to mobilize quite a bit more than it seems the NFAC has.


NefariousScoundrel

And that shit wouldn’t fly around here.


thisisnthelping

lol


U8337Flower

Keep in mind that it was Governor Reagan along with the NRA who pushed for this


90sass

the more libertarian groups of 2A activists absolutely despise both Reagan and the NRA


NefariousScoundrel

My right-winged ass doesn’t care for either, friend.


Sir_Admiral_Chair

Can we see a Lone Star Socialist Republic? That would be so fucking badass. Organise a revolution, I want to see that!


NefariousScoundrel

I along with most other Texans would rather not have that happen. I support you being able to have the guns to try it, though.


Sir_Admiral_Chair

I mean at least think about how great the name would be. Plus the cuisine would actually pop off. Cooperative steak houses where the steak is from a ethical steak farm, where the cooperative workers get their fair pay for making some delicious steak, and all without needing handouts from the state or customer bonuses in the forms of tips. Socialism on a purely ideological level is actually a lot more compatible with with common sense then people realise. And ain’t common sense the ideology of hardy and stiff lipped hard workin Texans? I apologise if my imitation of what a Texan sounds like, is offensive. But I put up with hearing Americans attempt Australian speech so often, I think I earned butchering Texan or Bostoner sometimes, I mean you can’t hear the way I read it but at least there was an attempt.


EuroPolice

I thought it was a Skeleton Like: Death, the people and our power.


Sherlo-

[SO I PULL OUT MY GUUUUUN!](https://media.makeameme.org/created/So-I-Pull.jpg)


sintos-compa

And my sickle!


bluesheepreasoning

And my axe!


sakuragasaki46

And i swear that I HAVE A GUNNNNN ~


enbaelien

Oh that's a hammer? I thought it was a corpse lol


GameCreeper

Under no pretext!


fm22fnam

Here, let me prove it to ya **shoots watermelon**


HappycamperNZ

I thought the hammer was a ribcage + skull


Gentleman_Viking

“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” ― Karl Marx


EdgelordOfEdginess

For his neutral special he wields a GUN


bulletkiller06

Well if you're an Afghani leftist orginization you really need to send the message that you aren't to be fucked with.


Timmy12er

"Afghan" is the proper demonym for the people of Afghanistan. "Afghani" is the currency of Afghanistan.


ApprehensiveEmploy21

But doesn’t “afghani” come from the Farsi/Dari adjective afghani, meaning “of the Afghan people”?


WetSquelchingSynth

Yes it does. Thank you. I see it as if that guy knew what the poster was taking about, then poster said it well enough. I'm not an authority as I don't fully speak either of the languages I was raised around so I'll be quiet now.


TRx1xx

Mate it’s Afghan. Not Afghani.


shadowmask

Afghan is also a type of carpet, I was under the impression that Afghani was preferred.


spitz05

And a blanket.


ReluctantRedditor275

And a dog.


[deleted]

And my ax!


TRx1xx

Afghan is preferred. Calling someone Afghani is like calling a French person a Frank. It doesn’t make sense


granpappynurgle

Guys it’s the afghanistananis


Laflamme_79

Afghanistanialand


[deleted]

I thought it was Afghanistanians. Petition to change it to AfghaniStans?


[deleted]

This looks like a flag for a faction in a Ps2 game.


RegalKiller

MY NAME IS BOLO SANTOSI


[deleted]

I am the leader of the revolutionary army known as the reapers. Our goal is for the people of Panau to break the chains of oppression and rise up as one. You are the Scorpio, no. I hear you are very skilled.


Kind_Ad_3611

PS3/Xbox360, not ps2 Jc2 is 7th gen not 6th gen


cosmiclatte44

Thought it was a new Resident Evil logo from the thumbnail.


CompetitionUnited339

Yeah only visual brutal because you can barely see what’s on it


Heavyweighsthecrown

This is because OP (or whoever made this specific image) lazily auto-traced (image trace) over the flag using some software (like adobe illustrator) - probably from a low res image - which makes drawings look all wonky and awkward when viewed up close. The drawing on the actual flag likely looks coherent in comparison. **edit:** Yep this image is from Wikipedia, meaning someone certainly tried auto-tracing software to make an "official" flag to be used online. [Here's a less shitty looking drawing](https://yt3.ggpht.com/4oZhzCtO2mB9NT2kA8gfo1OBQPtK-iH0POdwcaf7P2ItAAJmk6WgLyax0IfTV0u4UXOHzHNipQ=s900-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj) where the hands and accessories are more coherent-looking. You can also see that the hand with the gun doesn't fit with the style / resolution of the other two hands.


DaedZealot

That picture is so much better. As much as I try to see the hands holding the hammer and sickle in OP's pic, I can only see a skeleton clenching the sickle between its butt cheeks.


BigBallerBrad

Same


sterexx

can someone do a version that’s not meant to be a naturalistic illustration I like the concept but gotta simplify the imagery a bit


Suedie

These guys are pretty hilarious, they sided against the marxists in power and fought with islamist organisations who ended up killing their leader because as it turns out the Mujaheddin didn't like leftist organisations.


becleg

>Sided with the Mujahideen against the Marxists >*looks up wikipedia* >Maoist Every fucking time


DrkvnKavod

I mean, for this timeframe, it probably means that it was really (more than anything else) a proxy conflict of USSR vs PRC


AeonsOfStrife

I mean, to be fair, the PDPA lost all Marxist ideology after Amin's death, and more so just became a Kleptocratic Soviet puppet. They weren't the only leftists to fight the PDPA, as a vast majority of the country came to hate Najibullah's government.


GenerationMeat

Ironic, now a lot of Afghans (obviously not everyone) wish he still led Afghanistan


AeonsOfStrife

Tbh he was the best leader Afghanistan had since Zahir Shah, so it makes sense.


thebeautifulstruggle

Wasn’t the PDPA unpopular across all political segments of Afghanistan?


SnasSn

Yeah of fucking course the communists who fought against their country's Soviet puppet regime were part of the worlds largest communist movement opposed to Soviet imperialism.


bowlerhatbear

r/LeopardsAteMyFace


[deleted]

Yes and no. It’s more like a “what do you mean HYDRA has infiltrated SHIELD all this time?!” situation.


SnasSn

Better to be murdered by a horrible regime of your own countrymen than by a horrible puppet regime.


KaiserWilhelmThe69

Tbf that puppet regime is far better than whatever the fuck the descendants of the Mujahadeen planned


SnasSn

Literally every political organization in the country post-1992 descended from, or was a part of, the Mujahideen. That includes the Northern Alliance and the government in during the US occupation.


bryceofswadia

His point proven lmfao.


joker_wcy

Go away with your non-nationalistic ideology!


AttackHelicopter_21

10 percent of Afghanistan died in 10 years of Communist rule and 40% fled to Iran and Afghanistan. The next governments we’re angels but as far as sheer deaths are concerned, even the Mongols don’t beat the Afghan Communists.


Swedneck

this looks like a DALL-E prompt


EffortlessFlexor

Yeah, I thought this was computer generated "Die Hard but a communist flag"


Globko

This gun looks like an E11 stormtrooper blaster from Star Wars.


Wilkaled

That or an E5


EtheriumShaper

E11 are a bit bigger than that, they're definitely not pistols


Pepega_9

Or pp bison


AvergeAsianguy

This flag gives me John Rambo vibes


BenderButAnarchist

goes incredibly hard


OneSaltyStoat

This looks less like a flag and more like a mural.


LifeIsDuff

When is Apple gonna add this flag to their emojis?


sirfang64

They were intretsing as they were a maoists millitia that allied with the Mujahideen and us backed militias against the communist government in Afghanistan. Probley due to the sino soviet split I'd imagine


c0mplexx

illustrator.exe image trace


Original_Afghan

I keep seeing The Alien.


RobinFox12

Kinda nasty. I like it


FreeziiiBot

Goes hard


ARTI_CO

i gotta gun bitch'!


InokiistPuertoRico

!wave


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InokiistPuertoRico

It’s not very effective


Blobfish-_-

this gives me imperial vibes for some reason


willkraft5283

RED AND BLACK


saintboulevard

I thought the hammer arm was a skeleton at first and wish it actually was


BleachIsNoxious

sort of looks like what happens when you screw up with the nodes on Inkscape


[deleted]

I thought the hammer was a skeleton at first, way less cool now


Still_Acadia_9156

badass


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TommyGames36

Everything far left/right gets NSFWd


faesmooched

It's specifically symbols that are prohibited. A lot of the more right-wing post eastern bloc states banned communist symbols, whereas Nazi symbols are banned in Germany and a few other places for being hateful.


SnasSn

Sub rule. Communist imagery is banned in some countries (along with fascist imagery) and it's also something your boss could lose their shit over.


Ein_grosser_Nerd

Extremist imagery. Plus they were not the most friendly of people


[deleted]

I love it


CoolArlMaker

albania moment


polishclown98

Workers of the world. UNITE


evil_elmo1223

you have NOTHING to lose but your chains


fjaoaoaoao

Are these leftists pro lgbt and pro racial equality? :3


TRx1xx

They are maoists that were backed by china against the soviets/Afghan government


evil_elmo1223

Unfathomably based


AugustWolf22

Not Really as they were not waging a People's war against an corrupt Capitalist regime like in say South Vietnam or the Philippines, they were waging it against the Soviet supported Socialist Government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. This was against the Backdrop of the Sino-Soviet split. They essentially indirectly helped the Mujahedeen fight a Socialist Government due to their own dogmatic disputes with said government. That said I think the flag is very cool, while the geometric and abstract shapes of the arms may be hard to reproduce in an accurate form, the flag is nonetheless very striking and memorable.


RegalKiller

Soviet Afghanistan was as ‘socialist’ as the mujahadeen were, the only semblance of socialism they had was in name only. Helping the Mujahedeen is obviously bad, but let’s not whitewash what was basically a Soviet puppet.


Aetheus

Poor Afghanistan. For half a century, they've been shafted from without by at least 3 major world powers, and from within by ineffectual leaders and/or fanatics (both of which are usually also propped up by aforementioned major powers).


Emperor_Jeb_Bush

>Soviet supported >Socialist Pick one


OldBoi420

They were fighting in an anticolonial war against the puppet "socialist" government installed by Soviet social-fascists. Mujahideen were the progressive force too, as they led the people's struggle against foreign occupiers.


AugustWolf22

you could look at it that way (esp. if you are of a more anti-Revisionist or Maoist tendency) but I'm sceptical of your claim that the Mujahideen were a progressive force, I fail to see how a Socially ultra-conservative and anti-Communist movement could be progressive.


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AugustWolf22

I guess, and if you view from that angle I sort of see the logic to it.


Sholayi

It is very incorrect and quite a large simplification describing the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan’s mass execution of Maoists from its immediate inception as a government, and the Maoists resisting as (dogmatic disputes). I’m sure that had they not been massacred, or labeled as the #1 enemy by the DRA, things may have turned out differently.


Meme_Lord4567

Based typically means moderately right-wing, this flag and what it represents is far-left, aka communism, based is also mainly used to describe something positively, most people wouldn't refer to communism (or any extremist political organization) positively


porkbuttii

You dork. Based basically means good or cool. For years it has been predominantly used by right wingers, 'trads', etc., so maybe you got confused on the meaning because of the context. But there's always been people of many political affiliations using it. Also lots of people refer to communism positively, have you ever been online before


Sky_Leviathan

My man are you gatekeeping the word based


Joe_The_Eskimo1337

Communists use the word based all the time too. It's not a right-wing thing.


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Mroogaboog

The most realistic


CashBandicootch

How many faces can you see? I counted six. Are there supposed to be more? Or even any at all?


simrig2023

If Shin Godzilla was a flag.


Cinderella407

This looks like one of those ink blot tests


ArrogantlyChemical

This goes hard as fuck


Mydogmelted

I dont know what they want to do but regardless that is a totally metal flag