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What does the "gold star" symbol in a lot of leftist/communist aesthetics mean? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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Seems like a silly question but I couldn't find any satisfactory explanation online. Five finger hand? Five continents? Stylish hat worn by Che Guevara? It's in basically every revolutionary flag and even in some social-democratic parties, so it must mean something.

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[–] Leninismydad@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 11 months ago

My knowledge on the star in Vietnam at least is each point represents a group of people: proletariat, peasantry, military, intellectuals, and petty bourgeoisie.