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Which do you think is the coolest symbol used by an ideology or political movement?

I'll start with two that have fascinated me:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Amagi.png
Very mysterious, yet profoundly meaningful.

and

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Libertatis_Aequilibritas_GFDL.jpg/150px-Libertatis_Aequilibritas_GFDL.jpg
Just neat. A classic.

Which leads me to think that the Anarcho-Capitalists are in front when it comes to symbolism.

I've always been partial to the hammer and sickle.

I think there is a serious correlation, "the more crazy the ideology the better the symbol" - eg - Anarcho capitalism, Fascism, Nazis

Well, ive always been fond of the Imperial Eagle and the flowing red banners with swastikas on them.

Not strictly speaking ideological, I also like some of the Masonic imagery

I've always been partial to the hammer and sickle.

Me too.

I think there is a serious correlation, "the more crazy the ideology the better the symbol" - eg - Anarcho capitalism, Fascism, Nazis

I second that.

http://www.cosmosmith.com/images/pirates/jollyro5.gif
Arrr!

I second that.
Thirded.

I've always been partial to the hammer and sickle.

Mwuhahahaha. Bolshevik-leninism for life.

I also like the Zapatista's black flag with the red star. And the Red Army Faction had a cool logo.

I like that second symbol from the OP. Yin/Yang dollar sign. Whose symbol is that?

Swastika, Hammer and Sickle, Iron Cross.

oooh, goody, political symbols, lemme search some.....

classic anarchy
http://www.mostlyposters.com/images/posters/fullsize/ST1970-Anarchy-Logo.jpg

I personally like this one the best
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/anarchiester.jpg

Something I made
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/anar.jpg

Anti-fascist action
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/nazivuilbak.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/antifa.jpg

Anarcho-syndicalism
http://www.teachersparadise.com/ency/en/media/9/90/blkred_flag.png

Class war
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/brakke123/anarchist.jpg

EDIT: So I think anarchists have the coolest symbols

http://www.evote.com/evotepix/events/demconvention2000/sen_ted_kennedy_of_ma_speech.jpg
Ted Kennedy says:

http://library.thinkquest.org/6008/image1Q1.JPG

Hammer and Sickle is great. The DDR version (hammer, sickle and compass) was even better, from a symbolic point of view, too bad it was used by the DDR.

Red flag is also great, from a symbolic pov.

Columbus with the olive thingie in its beak is nice too.

The Communist Red Fist is ace. Don't see many of them around, though.

Mwuhahahaha. Bolshevik-leninism for life.

Hammer and sickle directly refers to the last part of the Internationale song, which is from Paris' Commune. So not, it's not a bloshevik-leninist symbol, but one from before.

I like that second symbol from the OP. Yin/Yang dollar sign. Whose symbol is that?

Anarcho-capitalists.

Hammer and sickle directly refers to the last part of the Internationale song, which is from Paris' Commune. So not, it's not a bloshevik-leninist symbol, but one from before.

I still like it.

Some more antifa signs, pretty nice

http://projekte.free.de/schwarze-katze/bilder/antifa/antifa14.gif

http://www.bloggers.it/antifaunipd/itcommenti/antifa%20southpark.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5834/nonazis.gif

http://grodno.antifa.net/1/left/enter.gif

http://antifa-wiesbaden.afaktion.de/nationalismus.gif

http://friends.bbb.ch/fuechi/antifa/antifa04.jpg

http://austin.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/7/antifa.jpg

http://gnwp.czechcore.cz/download/downlo17.gif

http://www.phase1.net/Links/gnwp_200sw.gif

Suomi (http://heninen.net/musiikki/suomi.jpg) ja Suomi! (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sv/f/f7/Finlands_statsvapen.png)
Looks a whole lot like Japanese, doesn't it Leonstein? :p

Some more antifa signs, pretty nice

http://projekte.free.de/schwarze-katze/bilder/antifa/antifa14.gif

http://www.bloggers.it/antifaunipd/itcommenti/antifa%20southpark.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5834/nonazis.gif

http://grodno.antifa.net/1/left/enter.gif

http://antifa-wiesbaden.afaktion.de/nationalismus.gif

http://friends.bbb.ch/fuechi/antifa/antifa04.jpg

http://austin.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/7/antifa.jpg

http://gnwp.czechcore.cz/download/downlo17.gif

http://www.phase1.net/Links/gnwp_200sw.gif

WHOA...umm whats with the white pride one?

http://www.cosmosmith.com/images/pirates/jollyro5.gif
Arrr!

Winner!:D

WHOA...umm whats with the white pride one?
Think it's meant to be hanging the white pride sign...
I'm quite a fan of the anarcho-communist flag - simple red and black. Would look good as a star too. Or something like the Zapatistas.
What is that very first symbol? The scratchy arrow thing?

Which leads me to think that the Anarcho-Capitalists are in front when it comes to symbolism.


Note the central position of one of the most recognizable symbols of the American state ("$") in that second image. Interesting choice for a bunch of "anarchists."

Edit: I like the symbolism incorporating the eagle, as for instance in the Great Seal of the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Great_Seal_of_the_US.png). Especially with the combination of meanings between the olive branches and arrows. And besides, birds of prey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_prey) are really neat:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:USAF_falcon.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyr_Falcon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Falco_cherrug_%28Marek_Szczepanek%29.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Haliaeetus_leucocephalus.jpeg

What is that very first symbol? The scratchy arrow thing?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ama-gi

Which leads me to think that the Anarcho-Capitalists are in front when it comes to symbolism.

a question: has anyone ever seen a group of anarcho-capitalists using such symbols? shit, has anyone ever seen a group of anarcho-capitalists in general?

has anyone ever seen a group of anarcho-capitalists using such symbols?


The only time I have ever seen the "Libertatis Æquilibritas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Libertatis_Aequilibritas_silver.jpg)" used by a group was here on NationStates during one of the General "elections." And even then, I think it was the Classic Liberals (not "anarchist" of any sort).

shit, has anyone ever seen a group of anarcho-capitalists in general?

Of course not. A "group" is a collection of people. Collectives are for evil pinko commies.

Of course not. "Group" implies a collection of people. Collectives are for evil pinko commies.


heh

but seriously. i'm something of a connoisseur of anarcho-capitalists and i've seen the dollar sign symbol on perhaps 3 websites, counting the wiki article (and the other two are run by the same guy).

http://www.cosmosmith.com/images/pirates/jollyro5.gif
Arrr!

is good, but i like the stripped down original version.

http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2005/03/mvc-003s.jpgejdmyt.jpgmid.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Amagi.png

i found out who actually uses this one.
http://www.libertyfund.org/amagi_books.htm

http://peaceworks.missouri.org/monitor/2002/augsep/images/peacesymbol.gif

a question: has anyone ever seen a group of anarcho-capitalists using such symbols? shit, has anyone ever seen a group of anarcho-capitalists in general?
Do they exist outside the internet?

Do they exist outside the internet?

or as a person i know said elsewhere recently,

"I am of the opinion that ancaps only exist to argue with actual anarchists on the internet. The second we stop acknowledging them, they are reabsorbed back into the void..."


but i think i met one, once.

or as a person i know said elsewhere recently,

"I am of the opinion that ancaps only exist to argue with actual anarchists on the internet. The second we stop acknowledging them, they are reabsorbed back into the void..."


but i think i met one, once.
It's such a ridiculous, illogical ideology. How can you have money and private property without government???

It's such a ridiculous, illogical ideology. How can you have money and private property without government???
They think you can... Probably because of the common usage of anarchy to mean anomie or chaos. After all, without any form of society, you can take what you want and screw the rest. Also, don't you mean the state more than the government?