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Anon Gets Capitalized (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 10 months ago by miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 80 points 10 months 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 81 points 10 months 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.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 15 points 10 months 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 13 points 10 months 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 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

[–] klao@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months 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

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I am the walrus?

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

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

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago

Checkmate libturds!

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Curious. I am very intelligent

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[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -1 points 10 months ago

And yet, communists never do