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[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 100 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Really funny too because it was the USSR that gave them their independence.

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 76 points 2 years ago

"They will never forgive us for it"

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[–] Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml 77 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Isn't it weird how we've collectively gone back in time 50 years to the Cold War? It's become more and more common to hear libs and conservative call each other commies, the Hammer and Sickle are being banned, and Capitalists talk about the Russian Federation like it's the actual Soviet Union.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 75 points 2 years ago

also isn't it weird how communism is to blame for every problem in this society created by a hegemonic capitalist system?

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Turns out class conflict is a real thing that emerges from material conditions and not just something the Soviets made up.

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[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

pretty funny in its own way that the fall of the soviet union didn't end the cold war

[–] Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Fascism requires an enemy.

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[–] Buchenstr@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd argue we are going as far back as the 1920s, with the global economy on the verge of imploding, socialism becoming popular in western nations, and the increasing tolerance of fascism (even nazism) and anti-communism reaching dangerous levels.

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[–] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 76 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fascist 80 years ago, fascist today

[–] Salmarez@hexbear.net 69 points 2 years ago

What a joke. The government consisting of neoliberals and nazis banning communist symbols, when the communist parties of Finland get like 0,1 % of the total vote every single election. Stalin should not have stopped at Tali-Ihantala.

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 66 points 2 years ago

Fascists gonna fash

[–] Beam@lemmygrad.ml 65 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Finland: Bootlicking fascists since 1939.

[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 2 years ago
[–] Maoo@hexbear.net 65 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Freedom and democracy. Free speech. Civilized world.

[–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 2 years ago
[–] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Heated NATO moment

[–] Rasm635u@lemmygrad.ml 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd be lying if I said I was surprised

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 2 years ago

I'm only surprised it took them this long

[–] wombat@hexbear.net 49 points 2 years ago (1 children)

stalin shouldn't have stopped at berlin

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[–] ThisMachineKillsFascists@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Safe to say that banning the symbol of the people that defeated the Nazis probably makes you a Nazi

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[–] betterredthandead@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Then just make a new symbol, the sickle is not as representative today as it used to be when it was invented anyways, since agriculture is more industrialised now, at least in Finland.

[–] lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml 71 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hammer and sickle is over ❌🙅 Time to use tractor and keyboard 🚜⌨️✅💪

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sympathetic to the Juche symbol as well.

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 52 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They can't ban stars and the color red, lmao. So long as those are around they'll be good.

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[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The problem is that they’ll just ban the new symbol if it gains enough traction

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[–] MarxGuns@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] Kirbywithwhip1987@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's always either Ukraine, Baltics, Finland or Poland, even Balkans, Hungary, Czech and Slovakia are silent, alwayse these bark 24/7.

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