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[–] NahMarcas@lemmy.ml 11 points 12 hours ago
[–] Red_Scare@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It's hilarious to me because it's exactly the kind of "political" joke you would hear in the Soviet Union, where ideological proclamations of party leaders are put in absurd or sexual contexts.

Probably the most famous one:

Dzerzhinsky and Trotsky are arguing: which is better, a wife or a mistress?

Dzerzhinsky says: “A mistress.”

Trotsky says: “A wife.”

They can’t agree, so they ask Lenin.

Lenin replies:

“Both! Tell your wife you’re with your mistress, tell your mistress you’re with your wife… and meanwhile, go up to the attic and study, study, and study again.”

("Study, study, and study again" was the most famous Lenin quote in the USSR, the placard with those words would hang in every single classroom of every school).

[–] Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 9 hours ago

That's amazing, learned something new!

[–] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

This has great meme template potential.

We need more leftist meme templates.

[–] forever_and_a_day@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 22 hours ago

Hella dialectical