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[–] LisaTrevor@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

communism when no iPhone gommunism when no gomputer

[–] SerialExperimentsGay@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Gommunism is originally just how Communism is pronounced in the Saxon dialect of German. During the late 2010s, people started using it in a derogatory way to refer to how Already Existing Socialism had been applied in the DDR after a historic interview with Erich Honecker went viral.

germany-cool honecker-interesting GDR

[–] huf@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

german? lol what.

it's from italian americans, the same ones that gave us gabagool.

[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The interesting thing is that Honecker originally came from the Saarland and only adopted East Middle German due to cultural osmosis from living in the area for a while.

East Germany and being governed by a guy from West Germany, name a more iconic duo

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

The explanation I heard is that the G came from "government" but I wasn't really satisfied with that answer.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Communism is when the government does stuff. Gommunism is when the government does your dad

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

Your Dad: "It's okay: I'm stuff."

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Gommunism is just Goblin Communism

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

Gommunism only works in theory