goatM to MeanwhileOnGradEnglish · 1 year agoLate Stage Capitalism is when Finland bans symbols of communism. 'It's always East Europe against Communist Symbols', 'Banning the communist symbol makes you a nazi.',imagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down112
arrow-up188arrow-down1imageLate Stage Capitalism is when Finland bans symbols of communism. 'It's always East Europe against Communist Symbols', 'Banning the communist symbol makes you a nazi.',goatM to MeanwhileOnGradEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoIndeed the straight up drank the koolaid. The plan is aimed at combating racism and anti-Semitism, including a new law to criminalise Holocaust denial and plans to possibly ban Nazi and Communist symbols – although that could prove legally difficult. It’s quite hard to even find a decent source for this that isn’t clickbaity, here’s mine: https://www.euronews.com/2023/08/31/finnish-government-renounces-racism-after-a-summer-rocked-by-racist-scandals It’s racism they are denouncing, not communism per se.
minus-squareboredtortoise@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoHere’s a good source of the contents https://yle.fi/a/74-20047962 The whole plan is a theater sleight of hand trick so the cabinet would not need to do any actions to their own fascist-connections.
Indeed the straight up drank the koolaid.
It’s quite hard to even find a decent source for this that isn’t clickbaity, here’s mine: https://www.euronews.com/2023/08/31/finnish-government-renounces-racism-after-a-summer-rocked-by-racist-scandals
It’s racism they are denouncing, not communism per se.
Here’s a good source of the contents https://yle.fi/a/74-20047962
The whole plan is a theater sleight of hand trick so the cabinet would not need to do any actions to their own fascist-connections.