I'm all for animated discussion but this is going too far. Everybody chill out and rethink their choice of words. If you can't make an argument without making personal attacks, please go elsewhere.
this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2025
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I fully agree, however I wouldn't have used the soviet union's emblem.
That's the most globally recognised symbol of communism, and communists are the biggest force against fascism. If you can't use that, you definitely can't use the anarchist symbol.
When antifa movement was created in Weimar Republic because of Hitler, it didn't involve communists it was made of liberals.
Also many forget that Nazis and Soviets secretly divided Europe and together attacked Poland from both sides.
Stalin only switched sides after Hitler backstabbed him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifaschistische_Aktion?wprov=sfla1
was a communist militant organisation in the Weimar Republic, founded and controlled by the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).
Literally the first sentence in the article. Quit the historical revisionist bullshit.
Excuse me if I believe an actual historian that specializes in history of that region: https://snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-antifa-means-pro-nazi-video
The Antifaschistische Aktion was created by KPD, but anti fascist movements existed before that and many enemy of KPD were Social Democrats (SPD) aka liberals.
Organizations like Eiserne Front or Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold existed way before Antifaschistische Aktion.
Also KPD (under control of Stalin) treated Social Democrats as their main event and even called them fascists.
It's actually all there, if you would not stop after first sentence and continue to read the background section.
Organizations like Eiserne Front or Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold existed way before Antifaschistische Aktion
They did not exist "way before" AFA. They existed from 1931 and 1924 respectively. Roter Frontkämpferbund which was the precursor to AFA was formed in 1924.
You are just changing historical facts to push the horseshoe theory. If you want to get pedantic about who did what in Weimar Germany, which political party was it that made use of the swastika wearing Freikorps to put down communist uprisings? It was the SPD.
Why shouldn't the anarchist symbol be used?
But yeah fair point I can't find any alternatives to the hammer and sickle.
Yeah just like that time you occupied pretty much of all eastern Europe in WWII. And the symbol doesn't even associate to socialism only the Russian oppressors.
you definitely can't use the anarchist symbol
Would you prohibit it by force?
Resistance to authoritarianism isn't oppression I just don't like the symbolism.
Symbolism and political ideology help with the resistance's effectiveness. The ones on the pic have been tested in service.
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Okay you can be an anarchist then.
(That said making yourself the boot in these memes is definitely a propaganda self own)
The boot is a tool. Using it to oppress the working class is bad and cringe, using it to oppress the bourgeoisie is good and based.
Or maybe you don't need to oppress anyone because the redistribution of stolen value isn't oppression, but enslaving them in turn is.
And how do you keep those who stole all that value in check while it is being redistributed without "boots"?
Also not oppression to defend your fellow man against thieves, fascists, and murderers
It is oppression of thieves, fascists and murderers (which is why its good and based)
No you can't be anti-authoritarian and capitalist.
Oh if only there were a political philosophy and movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or hierarchy, primarily targeting the state and capitalism. A political philosophy who's symbol is already present in this picture. If only.
You mean communism?
A communist society entails the absence of private property and social classes, and ultimately money and the state. Communism is a part of the broader socialist movement.
All for the anarchy, but why the soviet logo tho?
neither the anarchy nor the communist sign gonna help the cause
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Like you actually do anything of worth 😄
Interesting projection from the future bootlickers as always
Cute. Explain how it feels as an anarchist to only have the ability to destroy, never to actually build anything.