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[โ€“] 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

The same, honestly. These jobs never went away, they were just shifted out of the imperial core to the periphery. It's a symbol of two classes, the proletariat and the peasantry. While the peasantry has been mostly phased out, its symbol remains.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    I don't think the scythe really represents farming in the modern era though.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Neither does the hammer for the average industrial worker, but both are symbolic.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    We should replace the sickle for a combine harvester and the hammer for a CNC lathe amirite

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    This is why a study of art is key for any revolutionary, we can't have our symbols looking lame

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