>At the direction of Vladimir Lenin, the Cheka performed mass arrests, imprisonments, torture, and executions without trial in what came to be known as the “Red Terror”. It policed the Gulag system of labor camps, conducted requisitions of food, and put down rebellions by workers and peasants. The Cheka was responsible for executing at least 50,000 to as many as 200,000 people, though estimates vary widely.
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Krushchev: the guy who kept telling the joke to everyone because he loved it so much, until everyone told him to shut up.
Brezhnev: the guy who retold the joke poorly, with everyone just pretending to laugh.
Gorbachev: the guy who pointed out why the joke was flawed.
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History memes hit different when you realize half the punchline is just surviving the 20th century.
Mom said it was my turn to repost this
Demonstrably incorrect, as shown by the existence of people after Stalin.
Yup. Lenin definitely didn’t kill anyone. It was totally ALL Stalin’s fault! (/s…)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheka
>At the direction of Vladimir Lenin, the Cheka performed mass arrests, imprisonments, torture, and executions without trial in what came to be known as the “Red Terror”. It policed the Gulag system of labor camps, conducted requisitions of food, and put down rebellions by workers and peasants. The Cheka was responsible for executing at least 50,000 to as many as 200,000 people, though estimates vary widely.
Krushchev: the guy who kept telling the joke to everyone because he loved it so much, until everyone told him to shut up.
Brezhnev: the guy who retold the joke poorly, with everyone just pretending to laugh.
Gorbachev: the guy who pointed out why the joke was flawed.
Can’t wait until the meme only says “The”
God, the blood is all over…