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.
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.
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.