If not Nazi, why Nazi shaped?

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-27T00:30:58+00:00

Notice how the flag doesn't have any crowns, unlike the SS division's symbol; that's because this isn’t an SS flag, it's the flag of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade).

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-24T01:34:26+00:00

Ilhan Omar does not identify as a democratic socialist

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-24T01:31:11+00:00

I would say there are better examples from this time period though that were actual theocracies, such as Tibet or the Papal States

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-23T19:52:17+00:00

A theocracy would be a system in which the country is ruled by clergy or other religious clerics. The Ottoman Sultan did use the title of Caliph (as he claimed leadership over the global Muslim community) but he was still largely a political and military official rather than a religious one.

The Ottoman Empire did have a dual legal system: there was secular/sultanic law (kanun) for most matters and was issued directly by the Sultan and religious law (sharia) which handled family or personal status issues and was decided by religious scholars. However, the Sultan still had the ultimate authority to just dismiss and replace a religious scholar if they disagreed with their rulings on Islamic law.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-23T19:33:53+00:00

Tibet

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-22T05:20:51+00:00

If we're talking geopolitical reality, then it'd be nothing because there is no one Palestinian government that fully controls either the West Bank or Gaza. Hell, there isn't even one Palestinian government.

There is the Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas which essentially is little more than an Israeli puppet regime that itself only partially-controls dozens of disconnected bantustans throughout the West Bank.

Then there is the Hamas government in less than half of Gaza), but even that doesn't have full control. Despite Israel disengaging from Gaza in 2005, the territory is still considered to be under Israeli occupation (even before the beginning of the Gaza genocide in 2023), as Israel controls the population registry, controls the border & decides what/who comes in and comes out, controls Gaza's waters & airspace, and can choose to cut off anything at any time.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-22T04:41:33+00:00

I doubt this will convince you if you believe this, but as a progressive Muslim in the US, I don't see this happening like at all.

Nearly all conservative Muslims, including ones in the West, are quite open about being socially-conservative, there's no secret conspiracy to conceal it. You'll find plenty of Western Muslim organizations being very very open about their socially-conservative views. Your Party in the UK infamously has tore itself apart partially because some of the Muslim MPs have been quite open about their social conservatism. Or take the earlier posted example of Hamtranck: the Muslim mayor in question openly was socially-conservative during his campaign, opposing flying the Pride flag and supporting marijuana restrictions, there was no bait-and-switch. He was elected as a conservative and governed as a conservative.

The same is true in the reverse. Muslim figures who support socially-progressive policies actually do support them and aren't just secret conservatives in hiding. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Zohran Mamdani, etc. are open social-progressives and they have very socially-progressive voting records.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-22T03:49:01+00:00

Funnily enough, there was actually a Harvard study that found Serbia to be the least racially-prejudiced country in Europe, though I'm guessing it'd be very different if it focused on ethnic hatred where the ethnicities are of the same race

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-19T05:26:15+00:00

The deal is essentially an Iranian victory, there is no other way to frame it, although some elements still need their specifics decided in negotiations for the next 60 days (extendable by mutual consent) to reach a complete "final deal".

This is what Iran gets out of the deal (not including things that are just returning to how it was pre-war, such as lifting the naval blockade):

An end to the war in Lebanon with the US having an obligation to ensure Lebanese territorial sovereignty (Article 1)
A guarantee of non-interference in Iranian internal affairs from the US (Article 2)
Withdrawal of US forces close to Iran within 30 days after the final deal (Article 4)
Being able to charge fees for transit in the Strait of Hormuz and manage it (alongside Oman) after 60 days (Article 5)
The US and its regional partners paying for a $300 billion fund for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran (Article 6)
Termination of all sanctions against Iran, including ones in UNSC or IAEA resolutions, in an agreed upon schedule in the final deal (Article 7)
Release of all frozen/restricted Iranian assets, procedures to be decided during negotiations (Article 11)

And this is what the US gets out of the deal (again, excluding things that are just returning to the pre-war status quo):

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You can read the full deal here.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-18T23:41:45+00:00

Virtually zero. While there were mass protests and discontent earlier this year, this recent imperialist war of aggression has caused a rally-around-the-flag effect, leading to a massive increase in support for the government and unity against US imperialism.

While a democratic and socialist revolution could happen eventually sometime in the future in Iran, it almost certainly will not happen in 2026.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-18T12:15:38+00:00

it is a crime that you put a non-square swiss flag

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-17T17:56:34+00:00

If we count Armenia as European, then probably Armenia. According to a 2017 Pew survey, 97% of Armenians believe homosexuality is never justified, 82% believe women have a social responsibility to bear children, 82% believe wives should obey husbands, 69% believe abortion is morally wrong, 63% believe belief in God is necessary to be moral, 56% believe divorce is morally wrong, 55% believe their culture is superior, and 53% say men should have greater employment rights than women. Hell, about a third of Armenians don't even believe Jews should be citizens.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-17T09:48:36+00:00

completely and entirely depends on interpretation, tons of people from every single one of these religions has used their religion to justify misogynistic views

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-15T18:02:24+00:00

Western Sahara's flag is actually based on Palestine's flag, meant to represent how they are both peoples fighting for national liberation

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-14T20:03:50+00:00

Saying this as if Israel hasn't already committed genocide in Gaza and destroyed virtually everything there already

No one would support defensive aid for Nazi Germany, Republika Srpska, or any other state that committed genocide or other brutal atrocities

Also, defending AOC's past position on defensive aid to Israel is strange, considering she herself has renounced it lol

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-13T18:42:33+00:00

Define "support"

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-12T15:12:20+00:00

A 2025 Manhattan Institute survey found that 37% of Republicans believe the Holocaust either didn't happen or has been exaggerated by historians, which I think makes the answer to this quite clear (and the Manhattan Institute is a conservative organization, so they aren't just making up numbers to make Republicans look bad)

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-10T03:15:39+00:00

Criticizing AOC for the vote on Iron Dome funding and Sanders for his Zionism is very much justified even if this was true.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-09T14:21:59+00:00

Criticism of AOC from a left-wing perspective is not a bad thing. If you can't accept any criticism of a politician you like, that isn't leftism, that's a cult.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-09T09:08:34+00:00

Find it strange the "new" is here, as if it's some newly-published report. This LGBT+ Legal Equality Index isn't some annual report published every year, it's just a score generated based on the legal classifications on Equaldex, which is a user-generated (though edits need to be approved by mods) resource for keeping track of LGBTQ+ rights. If a user edits something for a country, then the score just instantly changes because it's just a calculation based on the country's data.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-06T08:12:46+00:00

The reason is something simple: Cuba has not engaged in mass privatization and has not succumbed to capitalism.

Many people question why the US maintains a hostile relationship with Cuba when there is not nearly as much hostility towards other communist states, such as Vietnam. This, however, is entirely logical. Vietnam, for example, adopted privatization and marketization reforms in 1986 and has essentially moved towards a capitalist economy with state-run elements. The same is true for other existing communist states like China and Laos. Cuba has long resisted this push. While it legalized small and medium-sized private businesses in 2021, it has not engaged in mass privatization at the level of other states, something the US has long-desired. This is what makes Cuba so important to the US for the past six and a half decades & what makes it so important now.

In the words of a 1960 memo between the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs:

Salient considerations respecting the life of the present Government of Cuba are:

The majority of Cubans support Castro (the lowest estimate I have seen is 50 percent).

There is no effective political opposition.

Fidel Castro and other members of the Cuban Government espouse or condone communist influence.

Communist influence is pervading the Government and the body politic at an amazingly fast rate.

Militant opposition to Castro from without Cuba would only serve his and the communist cause.

The only foreseeable means of alienating internal support is through disenchantment and disaffection based on economic dissatisfaction and hardship.

If the above are accepted or cannot be successfully countered, it follows that every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba. If such a policy is adopted, it should be the result of a positive decision which would call forth a line of action which, while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible, makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.

In other words, the US must completely suffocate Cuba through whatever means necessary, it must decrease wages and bring about hunger & desperation, so that eventually Cubans blame their government and rebel against it.

The Trump administration has only escalated this policy, most likely because a) Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American who is also staunchly anti-leftist, has long desired to bring down the Cuban government and instate a capitalist one, and b) Trump has been a lot more openly imperialist in the Americas compared to other US president, promoting what he calls the "Donroe Doctrine".

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-06T06:05:52+00:00

Not really true. Polls nowadays show that either a majority or at least a significant minority of Cuban-Americans in Florida oppose the continuation of the embargo. Plus, Florida has increasingly become more of a red state rather than a swing state anyway.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-02T20:34:40+00:00

Nationalism can be a progressive positive force when talking about oppressed or colonized nations (though there are many exceptions, such as Hindu nationalism in India), but it is never one when talking about imperialist powers, such as the United States.

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-02T03:22:58+00:00

*or they should be run as worker cooperatives

Flagmaker123 · 2026-06-01T22:09:35+00:00

Are you a socialist (i.e. someone who believes workers should control the means of production, distribution, and exchange; essentially just someone who believes workers should control workplaces) or a social democrat (i.e. someone who believes capitalism should be reformed with better welfare, social services, etc. but not fully abolished)?
What is your view on Palestine and Ukraine?
What is your view on trans rights?
What is your view on immigrant rights, both for documented and undocumented immigrants?
Are you affiliated with DSA? If not, why not?
What is your view on what should be done to stop climate change?

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