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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 71 points 5 days ago (4 children)

You communists are all the same, you say you want to overthrow capitalism but without capitalism who would make your masks to overthrow capitalism?

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 69 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.

― Vladimir Ilich Lenin


This comment is not legal advice.

[–] klao@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

I think the earliest documented version of this quote (1955 October 31, The Commonwealth: Official Journal of the Commonwealth Club of California) is more intriguing:

Lenin wrote, “When it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will vie with each other for the rope contract.”

—Major George Racey Jordan

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Sell the people torches and pitchforks, which they promptly use to stab and char you. As they say, sell them shovels in a gold rush.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Except today, it would be a shovel that is designed to break at around 100 uses so that you have to come back to buy a new shovel every few days or so.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

You rent the shovel and it's geotagged to your region.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

Nah see, the trick is to first convince the buyers other average people are the enemy. Double the sales, none of the consequences.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Great quote, gotta keep that one in pocket for when this “hypocrisy” is pointed out every few days

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Shut the fuck up, Donny, you're out of your element

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Curious. I am very intelligent

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[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago

Checkmate libturds!

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago

And yet, communists never do