The yappiest flag I've ever seen: the Estonian Workers' Commune.

[u/Massive_Moment3325]

From Wikipedia:

The Estonian Workers' Commune was a government claiming the Bolshevik-occupied parts of Republic of Estonia as its territories during the Estonian War of Independence and the Russian Civil War. It was recognised as an independent state only by the Russian SFSR, on December 7th, 1918.

[u/aister]

I raise you the flag / banner of Indochinese Communist Party used in Nghe An, Vietnam

[u/JustAGhost3_ → u/aister]

Conclusion: all communists are yappers

[u/aister → u/JustAGhost3_]

We just have a lot to vent, okay? :(

[u/werid_panda_eat_cake → u/aister]

What does it say?

[u/aister → u/werid_panda_eat_cake]

The Chinese characters say "黨共產東洋" (Đảng Cộng sản Đông Dương), which means Indochinese Communist Party. 

The Vietnamese text says: 

1. Increase wages, reduce working hour, reinstate the 21 workers who made redundant. (Background context: becuz of unfair reasons - this was a very local flag / banner)

2. Punish the landlords and government officials who harm the people.

[u/VicenteOlisipo → u/JustAGhost3_]

It's "Leftist WebComics Have Too Many Words" meme is just an update for an old Truth.

[u/GPFlag_Guy1 → u/JustAGhost3_]

Even their flags have to be a manifesto of sorts.

[u/Ricochet_skin]

The Wall of Text™ is a very long lasting tradition I see

[u/ginger2020 → u/Ricochet_skin]

Ancient writing. From the Old Commune

[u/goblin_pidar → u/ginger2020]

Is this an assassin’s creed reference

[u/ginger2020 → u/goblin_pidar]

Yes, it’s a reference to Origins if you encounter the tablets hidden in tombs!

[u/goblin_pidar → u/ginger2020]

I heard Bayek’s voice say it as soon as I read your comment😂love that game

[u/Ricochet_skin → u/ginger2020]

And they STILL haven't learned economics

[u/National_Section_542 → u/Ricochet_skin]

It dates back to the Civil War where the red army would carry large inspirational banners, that when the white army saw it they would have a stroke trying to read it all.

[u/Ricochet_skin → u/National_Section_542]

The original version of this

[u/CreamCheeseWrangler]

"Oh shit i forgot this is for Estonia, uhhhh just move the top text to the right a bit and put a little bit of Estonian in the corner"

[u/Redordit]

Why use 8 different fonts for god's sake???

[u/Fresh-Quarter9 → u/Redordit]

Uhm bc they are incredibly talented graphic designers showing off all their kewl new fonts they made

[u/Himbeereule → u/Redordit]

They were written by hand on a piece of red fabric with white paint, technically there's no font at all

[u/Redordit → u/Himbeereule]

It was about 8 different people who wrote then

[u/MR_Happy2008 → u/Redordit]

This is what happens when you have commoner design a flag

[u/nomoreozymandias → u/Redordit]

Perhaps, Times New Roman is a capitalist pig? 

[u/WitherWasTaken]

it's баРРикады, smh my head

[u/Lockenhart → u/WitherWasTaken]

Коммунистическаго

This might be just pre-reform Russian though, not sure

[u/yur-hightower → u/Lockenhart]

You are correct.

[u/Legendwait44itdary → u/Lockenhart]

But the rest of the text isn't though? I think sovet used to be spelled with a yat.

[u/cairnrock1 → u/WitherWasTaken]

The Estonian spelling isn’t modern spelling either. It’s töörahva now

[u/_The_Dash_]

Can be compared to Strandzha Commune

[u/MrBIMC → u/_The_Dash_]

What language is that? Bulgarian? Too understandable for me to be Serbian, too weird for being pre reform Russian(and grammatic cases make no sense).

[u/_The_Dash_ → u/MrBIMC]

Seems to be Bulgarian

[u/goonlagoon88 → u/MrBIMC]

It's in Bulgarian lol, Strandzha is in Bulgaria (and Turkey but still)

[u/Exsufflicate-]

But what does it say?

[u/Piper2000ca → u/Exsufflicate-]

The red text at the top left reads: "Estonian Workers' Commune" in both Estonian and Russian.

The white text reads: "On the barricades stands the Estonian proletariat for Soviet Estonia, the great Volga, Ural, Siberia in the name of the III Communist International."

[u/MR_Happy2008 → u/Exsufflicate-]

Dbssjnsanwn Dhsjsjajs Sjkcnsnaoa Cjksamakqmzn

[u/Tornisteri]

Is there any reliable source for this flag? I get a feeling this flag, or banner, has been given more importance in online circles than it really had originally.

[u/North-Tension → u/Tornisteri]

If you Google the full name you find it literally almost immediately.

[u/Massive_Moment3325 → u/Tornisteri]

I got it from Wikipedia 

[u/Fit_Most_9997]

People’s Republic of Yapland

Democratic People’s Republic of Yappacchinia

Democratic Socialist Republic of Yapistan

[u/edgewolf666-6]

leftist-meme-ahh flag

[u/Critical_Complaint21]

[u/mashmash42]

slap a coat of arms on it and half this sub will say it’s the best flag ever

[u/redstarrealll]

I dig it in a way. Horrible flag in most regards, but It would look cool in a room

[u/PrequelFan111]

As an Estonian, I find it funny how the flag of the Estonian Workers' Commune has only one line written on it that's actually in Estonian, and even it has a Russian translation.

[u/Crazy_Tonight3525]

Are some Communist nations immune to making good flags

[u/Republiken → u/Crazy_Tonight3525]

You realise that this flag was made by taking a red cloth and writing on it irl? During a civil war?

It wasn't made by some latte drinking art student on reddit.

[u/Crazy_Tonight3525 → u/Republiken]

I didn't say it had to be perfect? They could've done a regular hammer and sickle and it would've been alright. Even the flag of the Russian SFSR didn't look that bad

[u/Republiken → u/Crazy_Tonight3525]

Those flags were'nt "regular" at the time. Your speaking with a hundred years of hindsight at your back.

Working class and peasants in the Russian Empire was hardly litrerate. Hell, the idea of nationstates was under 50 years old at this point.

[u/Crazy_Tonight3525 → u/Republiken]

My bad for disliking a flag bro. I was just saying I didn't like it lol

[u/Republiken → u/Crazy_Tonight3525]

Its totally ok to like it. But context of it's creation matters

[u/Joey_Skylynx → u/Crazy_Tonight3525]

You can only have two crayons post-revolution, and it seems to be red and yellow.

[u/Yuzral]

…and a hard boiled egg!

[u/Joey_Skylynx]

So lefties have been doing the wall of text thing since the start, huh?

[u/Crazy_Tonight3525 → u/Joey_Skylynx]

[u/KalaiProvenheim → u/Crazy_Tonight3525]

If you laugh, you’ll be stuck in Samsara

[u/p1ayernotfound]

wall of text moment

[u/-YellowFinch]

I love it and want a t shirt.

[u/LasbaleX]

this is just proof of the "leftist meme" being accurate

[u/OGmoron]

Surely the Yap Islands have the Yappiest flag, no??

[u/FlagWaverBotReborn → u/[deleted]]

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