One advantage of being a child of the Cold War is that I got to live through the fall of the Berlin Wall. The collapse of the Evil Empire truly was one of Reagan’s most amazing accomplishments and a moment of joy for the world.
Best of all, the war ended peacefully.
Which is a wonderful thing since I hate to think of how many lives would have been lost if things heated up.
And since it’s Memorial Day in the United States, why don’t we display some patriotism (in the proper sense) by laughing at the idiocy of the communist ideology.
We’ll start with a collection of failures (though I wish the person who created it had a better grasp of the English language).
Reminds me of this book collection.
The next item for our collection features an excellent comment from Aykhan Imranov.
I can vaguely understand how some naive youngsters can be seduced by socialism. Especially if what they have in mind is merely a pro-market Nordic welfare state.
But I’m utterly sickened that there are some people who go one step further and advocate for Marxism.
Is this their thought process?
I’ve always been nauseated by the Che Guevara death cult.
So I obviously need to share this t-shirt collection.
Though I confess I prefer the t-shirt at the end of this column.
Communism is famous, of course, for the “bad luck” of having decade after decade of food shortages supposedly caused by weather (amazing how the bad luck quickly ends when people get to grow for themselves rather than the collective).
And this means we have many opportunities for dark comedy.
Yes, it’s not nice to laugh about famine, but I confess that this bit of satire got a chuckle from me.
Hmmm…, I need to do a bit of reshelving the next time I’m in a book store.
Here’s another example with the same theme.
Though I must disagree with the premise. The communist bosses have always lived fat and happy lives. Ordinary people are the ones who starve.
But let’s not get caught up in details. If you like communism-starves-people humor, listen to Reagan’s jokes. And this prom dress satire is my all-time favorite, followed by this tweet from Marx.
