I expressed my disapproval yesterday about the pro-Stalin propaganda in Gori, Georgia.
Yes, I realize he’s the most noteworthy person to be born in that town, but that’s hardly a reason to acknowledge – much less celebrate – the life of a totalitarian butcher.
In response, I thought about writing a column documenting Stalin’s awful crimes against humanity, but perhaps mockery is a more appropriate response.
So let’s start with this news report from the Onion.
…a group of Johns Hopkins University researchers released a report Tuesday indicating that the late Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin was only one great purge away from creating a communist utopia. “Our research demonstrates that if Stalin had shipped
a mere 100,000 more people to Siberia, the whole communist experiment would have worked out perfectly,” said historian and report co-author Franklin Morrison, adding that all of the USSR’s corruption, hunger, and disease would have disappeared overnight if Stalin had simply been able to let a few million more Ukrainians starve to death. “It’s a shame, because in 1953 the Soviet Union was really on the precipice of becoming a perpetual workers’ paradise devoid of all poverty and want. Unfortunately, Stalin passed away before he could round up just one last group of intellectuals and make them dig their own mass graves.”
Sadly, some leftist academic probably believes this satire.
They need a copy of this book.
Of course, some statists (like these dopes) will trot out their usual excuse that “real communism hasn’t been tried.”
Speaking of dopes, I wrote last month about the loathsome decision by the President of the European Commission to honor Karl Marx. Well, it appears he’s also going to authorize having Marx on the currency.
But the sensible folks at the European Central Bank intervened and insisted on an appropriate denomination.
I’ve saved the best for last.
Those of you familiar with the silly fuss over “cultural appropriation” will definitely appreciate this gem.
Marx must be very proud of the starvation caused by his ideas since he also tweeted on the topic back in March.
For additional examples of communist satire, click here, here, and here.
