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I don't want to bash orgs like PVDA-PTB in Belgium, their logos look good visually but... they just don't have the same flare y'know? I wouldn't be willing to die for the PVDA flag, it just doesn't click in the same way Hezbollah's does. Maybe it's just that Arabic is an objectively superior alphabet, or something. You could never have good Latin text on a flag, only thing that came close was the RSFSR's flag and that's fucking Cyrillic. I hope someone can prove me wrong

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I contest the idea that Latin text can never look good on a flag. Rather I think that these West Asian flags look like flags worth dying under... precisely because they literally are flags that people are currently dying under. Which is to say that these flags come from a culture of active and organized armed resistance against colonialism and imperialism, whereas logos like PVDA/PTB's or Norway's Red Party's are instead designed inside a broader culture of entrenched liberal democracy. The logos of major leftist parties within the imperial core are meant to compete with the logos of (other) parliamentary parties on election posters, which means that how good they look in videos of people with guns is just a complete non-factor as long as there are no people with guns in the picture.

[–] iie@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

isn't there also a huge tradition of Arabic calligraphy? I feel like that might contribute

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

What is the primary aspect do you think? The difference in the types of struggle and their urgency, or the script used? P. sure it's the former.

[–] Lisitsyn@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The logos of major leftist parties within the imperial core are meant to compete with the logos of (other) parliamentary parties

Didn't think about it that way, makes a lot more sense now

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

it probably helps that they are not made with boss' profit in mind.

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

The EPR flag/symbol kinda goes hard, even with the latin text

It's not the most aesthetic design but it's pretty good. I do tend to favor the arabic script flags though, quality calligraphy can make a flag chefs-kiss

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

Calligraphy prepreps you for this imo