miz [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 months agoGala show in Beijing ahead of the 100th anniversary celebration for the Communist Party of China [2021]hexbear.netimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageGala show in Beijing ahead of the 100th anniversary celebration for the Communist Party of China [2021]hexbear.netmiz [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepooh [she/her, love/loves]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoA little off topic, but for a long time I’ve noticed the CPC logo has a sickle with a ball handle, whereas most similar hammer and sickle symbols have a normal handle for the sickle. Anyone know the backstory on this?
minus-squareHexamerous [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·11 months agoSome people are into shafts while others are more into balls, it’s not a big deal.
minus-squareiByteABit [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoBalls sickle Beanis sickle
minus-squareEmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThe Shining Path had a mallet lol It’s a way of making it unique to the party/country without deviating from the movement.
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A little off topic, but for a long time I’ve noticed the CPC logo has a sickle with a ball handle, whereas most similar hammer and sickle symbols have a normal handle for the sickle. Anyone know the backstory on this?
Some people are into shafts while others are more into balls, it’s not a big deal.
Balls sickle
Beanis sickle
The Shining Path had a mallet lol
It’s a way of making it unique to the party/country without deviating from the movement.