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Bruh... What... It was a blood bath followed by the worst recession and one of the worst starvation in History of Russia (1921-1922).
It went from a wealthy powerfull country to the freedom deprived shit hole we know today... It all began in 1917
I think you may have missed the premise: right-wing mouthpieces, at the behest of right-wing billionaires, describing the Democrats’ modest reforms as “literal communism” is farcical to the point of parody.
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Lol, i do get it, but you need to be american to find this farcical...
Anybody else know this is really beyond stupidity to chose Russia History as a satirical base...
You're missing the point of the cartoon. It's making fun of the Republicans' claims that Democrats are literal communists. The joke is in the obviously huge difference between the relatively feeble capitalist tweaks Democrats are proposing and an actual communist revolution.
It's a very clumsy premise. The first panel should at least be "USA, 2025" instead of "Russia, 1917".
Then its really badly done... But i guess that it is enough for the average ignorant american who wear t-shirt with Guevara head on it... Lol, pathetic xD
Bro over here dodging the sarcasm like Neo dodging bullets. Like… bro. Bro.
Lol i get the sarcasm, but if the average ignorant american do find this clever, the premise is in reality beyond stupidity for every people with above average IQ and minimal knowledge on Russia History... Pathetic...
In the US, republicans, and billionaires, often call the democratic party communists. This is putting the current democratic party's basic platform in the mouth of a depiction of the bolsheviks, right after the revolution, to prove how ridiculous the claim is. It is very ham-fisted, and the last panel basically beats you with the blunt instrument that is this joke. The fact that you didn't get it makes you more akin to what your comments further down say, than anything else.
Lol except the premise doesnt work at all, for ignorant american maybe, but for every body else, this is just stupid...
Its like trying to do a joke on how ridiculous it is to say republican are nazi by making a good portrait of nazi regime...
The entire point of the comic aside. Russia was way behind the times even for 1917. They still had serfdom and feudal structures. When they went to war for world war 1 they had to have the Lords gather their men-at-arms and there was constant bickering over orders. Supplies were largely done by the lords as well or foraged. There was no central system for manpower or logistics. The Tsar was screwed by his ancestors holding onto a system hundreds of years out of date.
Bruh... Stap... Get your fact straight, even a quick wiki prove you wrong:
Despite all this Russian Empire from the beginning of the reign of Nicholas II, it began to change dramatically in economic terms. It was the fastest growing economy in the world,[3] the average GDP growth was higher than the Western European one, and the volume of production per capita was equal to it.[4] The standard of living also grew high.[5] If the February revolution had not occurred, and subsequently the October revolution, then the pace of economic growth in Russia would only have increased
This is why you don't go to Wikipedia folks. It's true they were increasing output. But standards of living were not rising for the common worker and there's a lot of room to improve GDP when you start from a backwards position. We've seen the same thing in post colonial economies after world war 2. A 4% growth of 10 is not better than a 2% growth of 1,000.
And the Army was wildly dysfunctional. They didn't have enough weapons, ammunition, or food. And it was a major part of why the revolution happened. On the last day the Tsar ordered the army to fire on the crowds, and instead they refused and joined the crowds. Largely due to their treatment.
Bruh... The wiki page is sourced, and the army being old and dysfunctionnal was not specific to Russia only, France had an army in a shitty shape at the beginning of the War too...
The fact that Russia was improving in all aspect before the 1917 revolution and went downhill from here, is undeniable...
Wiki pages being sourced isn't the saving grace it was supposed to be. The standard is literally a web page other than Wikipedia. This has been abused both ways many times.
And if Russia was so great, why were the people charging into gunfire to change it?
The cartoon isn't about Russia.
The cartoon joke is based on a false depiction of 1917 Russia revolution. It just prove once again how ignorant american are about World History... Pathetic, lol
You're missing the point. The point is exactly that the Russian revolution was nothing like this. That's why it's funny, because it's portraying an imaginary, absurd version of the Russian revolution to show the ridiculousness of the Republican claim that Kamala Harris is a communist.
They need a communist revolution