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“Heil the Oligarchs”
I do like the idea of capitalisms colour being yellow.
This is far too orange to be appropriate however.
Libertarians do often wear gold colored ties to visually indicate their political leanings.
And, missing the bed of shit it sits on — like a throne & birthplace in one.
The orange version actually matches pretty nicely with the world’s current political dumpsterfire.
It’s gold-like, which seems congruent to me. Yellow by itself doesn’t say too much about capitalism, maybe anarcho-capitalism, but not capitalism as a whole.
That’s where my mind was at but didn’t want to directly reference actual propaganda. anarchy and capitalism are mutually exclusive.
@jjjalljs@ttrpg.network got the right idea. yellow = cowardice.
What I think is that the symbol has to be credible, it has to make you think “Yes, this could definitely be the symbol of capitalism if they didn’t feel the slightest hint of shame”.
That’s why I think this is perfect as it is. I see it clearly being posted on 4chan by an anon presenting it as a symbol of the capital of kekistan or some shit like that.
I think a credible concept would be far more Roman fascism than lol Nazis, it does feel like a 4chan meme it that regard.
Agreed. Orange is more of a fascism kind of color.
Why yellow over red or green?
Red is already taken, and green implies environmentalism.
It’s the favorite color of ancaps
Cause it’s piss
I think it should be purple. Historically, that was the color of the royalty and the wealthy
True, but Feudalism hasn’t been a powerhouse of global politics as of late.
Yellow is also in some contexts the color of cowardice, which seems appropriate
Also piss.
Positive research papers on trickle down economics are always printed on yellow paper for this very reason.
It’s funny you mention piss. I think yellow-meaning-coward comes from yellowbelly, an insult from the US Revolutionary War, probably started earlier with Napoleonic war. If a soldier made it through a stand and fire volleys style battle with a relatively clean uniform, they were often seen as honorable and brave. The soldiers covered in battlefield muck (plenty of it human and horse piss) had cowered down in the face of enemy fire, giving them a “yellow” belly.
“Gold” (that orange-y yellow), as well as regular yellow, is historically the color associated with liberalism (as in capitalism).
Looks like an angry duck 🦆
It took me a few tries to see that
Is this the new official flag of the USA?
No, just the flag of the Gulf of America.
Instead of yellow, black, and white it should be red, black, and white. This way, everyone can see where capitalism is heading to.
its already pretty obvious from the logo i feel… no need to over-epmhasize it…
the yellow-orange colour represents gold, an obsession with material goods. I think it makes sense personally.
Everyone wants to add something to it.
“Okay it’s nice, but does it cover all representation equally?”
They’re just excited fans, let them have their fun :P
Also, most fast food colors are yellow and orange to make you hungry, so yeah it works from multiple angles
It’s also the color associated with liberalism (as in capitalism).
I feel like watching Disturbed’s cover of Land of Confusion again.
I know what you mean. The original has been ringing in my ears since mid-February.
The original at least had some levity.
Goddamn that music video is something else.
Yeah sadly now it’s the 6 o’clock news.
maybe havin two lines would make it more obvious that its supposed to be merican moni symbol… i feel that the reference would still be easily recognizable.
The international dollar (int’l dollar or intl dollar, symbols Int’l$., Intl$., Int$), also known as Geary–Khamis dollar (symbols G–K$ or GK$), is a hypothetical unit of currency that has the same purchasing power parity that the U.S. dollar had in the United States at a given point in time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_dollar
$ is also used in many fictional settings as a currency symbol, often in video games.
also known as Geary–Khamis dollar
Lol those two dudes really got to attach their name to this idea? The idea that we can use ‘$’ to symbolize a hypothetical currency equivalent to USD?
Really??? Good for them I guess…
I think it would look better if it was Dollar green.
Gold has a broader meaning.
c/designporn
It certainly covers all the bases.
I know, right? It’s perfect.
For those who didn’t notice, there’s a swastika hidden in the
And a cross…
talking to the empty set are we?
It might have been obvious to you but it took me a minute to notice.
did you not notice that the entire flag is just an edit of the nazi flag?
Yeah, took me a hot minute.
It’s almost as subtle as fascism hidden in capitalism.
Capitalists hide behind liberalism and fascism - not the other way around.
That’s an odd way to spell “send them to war”, but it checks out.
- eyes widen *
‘hidden’
I am saving it to my political images folder. This design is a perfect encapsulation of the shittier aspects of society.
What other stuff you got in there?
Here ya go.
Question for graphic designers:
I get why red would be too obvious, but why is yellow significant.
99.9% of graphic designers wouldn’t have a clue why.
Remember the No step on snek posters ?
Gold/Black == Ancap (derogatory)
is gold*
I just modified it, and it has become even more on the nose. 🤮
There’s something kind of clever about heraldic implications of the original (intentional or not) that this misses.
Supposedly, the first rule of heraldry is " the rule of tincture: metal should not be placed upon metal, nor color upon color". White represents sliver and yellow represents gold, so they should not touch (metal upon metal). There are many exceptions in heraldry, but the rule still kicks around. Vatican City’s flag explicitly breaks this rule to demonstrate that “Vatican follows God’s rules and not man’s.”
I find it clever that a flag of capitalism would have a field of gold and a giant roundel of silver (called a plate when silver, silver plates are also associated with wealth), and they touch to demonstrate that capitalism doesn’t care about the rules.
In heraldry red often stands for courage, and that’s not a virtue I associate with capitalism. Also a red roundel is called a tart, and tarts are delicious.
For me, the red stands for two things: “blood” and “Nazi”. I consider fascism to be the next stage of malignant capitalism.
For some reason being a nerd about heraldry scratches an itch for me. Traditionally the “stain” Sanguine represents blood.
Red is the most common color in national flags. I wouldn’t want to cede the color to Nazis.
Fascism isn’t a stage of capitalism necessarily. It’s more of a tool that capitalists bring out whenever labor threatens to take back what’s ours. It’s always there, loitering in the background, silently threatening us to stay in line.
Nice. I was thinking it might look best with both green and gold. It would be symbolic, to symbolize… green and gold.
[edit] on further thinking silver & gold would also be good. it would symbolize -you know.
Ketchup and mustard
Looks blurry compared to OPs image which appears to be vector graphics. Just saying. Image compression perhaps?
Thanks!
I love this, so I took a moment and recreated it as a vector image. Here it is if anyone wants it for printing or whatever. I squared the edges so it’s more versatile, too. (Sorry for the google links, I know it’s ironic and not ideal. The preview looks weird, but the file will download fine.)
Nice!
That dude is spot on!
