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[-] abc@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

I'm not a Cuban history expert or anything, but it seems like that quote is misattributed.

I can't find any info about a June 1961 speech in Algiera - but did find this transcript of a February 1965 speech at the same conference (Second Economic Seminar of Afro-Asian Solidarity, February 24, 1965) which makes me think the date on the meme is purposefully wrong - i.e. it sounds just correct enough. He does not mention fascists or bullets in that whole speech (but it's a pretty good read - highly recommend!)

It isn't a Lenin quote either iirc - but I believe Sovietknuckles was just saying it sounds similar to "the kind Vladimir Ilyich would have shot everybody here" like the other commenter said.

[-] Freeanotherday@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

He does not mention fascists or bullets in that whole speech

sicko-wistful

[-] ikiru@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

If he didn't, then I'm going to tell my children he did.

[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago
[-] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[-] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGys0M_qSao

Q: What would Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] have done in this situation?

A: The kind Vladimir Ilyich would have shot everybody here.

it's from a vice documentary on the Donetsk People's Republic. If I remember right, this guy's call sign was Vladimir Ilyich, and he just got out of some beef with a rival group of militia guys. So this is his response after being asked what Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] would do.

[-] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Are you saying that the quote is from Lenin or is this video satire?

[-] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not a quote from Lenin, the words are from the guy in the video. It was more like a dark joke during a difficult time (start of the civil war in Ukraine) where different groups of opportunists try to take control in an unstable situation. More like a play on words that his call sign is Vladimir Ilyich, and the joke was that he was being asked what he will do, yet he answered what Lenin would do

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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