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by xdennis 3 days ago
A white flag used to be the flag of France: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_France_(1814...

A world flag should not use flags which were associated with a country. Evan this proposal is too derivative of the Japanese flag.

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The Japanese flag references the Sun, and it's hard to aim for astrological minimalism and not look similar. Still, the transparent background is a bad idea IMO, because a spaceship/space station with painted flags will look very funny.

Nevertheless, I think the Earth flag should include the moon too. A blue Earth, a white Moon, and a black background. When the Moon secession war starts, the laser holes in the flag could double as the starry sky.

I love that they published the SVG. It's invisible.