The Roman god Saturn was a bearded, liberator deity who weilded a sickle and fought the tyrannical Uranus before ushering in an age of prosperity and equality.
Karl Marx, the German-born socialist philosopher, proposed a classless, communist society based on free association, and is associated with the hammer and sickle.
In a wide range of different traditions all around the world, people give gifts to celebrate important occasions. This is because gift-giving is more meaningful and more fulfilling than buying and selling. It fosters stronger communities and healthier relationshipsβboth to each other and to material goods.
This is one of the many reasons why we are anti-capitalists. π΄
