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It's good to have color symbolism in a flag! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Red doesn't always convey hatred towards barbarians, sometimes it is just symbolising the hatred of other ethnicities in general. Also yellow doesn't always convey literal gold, it can also be territories (because the land can then be worked to make money). Examples:

flag of USSR

flag of PRC