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Why did monarchists have to steal my color? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 2 months ago by King_Simp@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
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I love purple. I put it on everything. I love purple flowers, i love Ube yams, I love purple colors in art, I love purple clothes, etc. Etc.

So why do I have to have my favorite color associated with these stupid monarchists? [Note: I know why, purple was an extremely expensive color so it became the color of royalty]. Yes, I know, its not like everything purple is associated with the monarchy, but i see it enough to the point that it just bugs me. I hate monarchs, and monarchists are some of the most idiotic and insufferable people I've ever met, and they all stole my color.

[I know I'm being melodramatic. I'm not actually super upset because...well what would I do about it? But I'm also jealous of comrades who have red as their favorite color, for obvious reasons]

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[–] durduramayacaklar@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It’s because of the Phoenician they were looking for more murex which they obtain purple color from and eventually this led to empire; so they created first monopoly over purple and they sell it to Rome by saying color of the royalties. After the split up of the Roman empire, Byzantine empire continued this tradition and then Turks arrived at that time purple was getting cheap so it wasn’t scarce as it used to be. Turks said our holy color is yellow let’s change royalty color from purple to yellow.