▲ 365 ▼ Don't go red! (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think that's how it went permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WorkIsSlow@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (2 children) That's the joke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a pretty big reach for most people though. To realize that the depiction is of what Trump says is communism and not actually Russian communism. Most people are going to regard this as communist propaganda attempting to cover for Stalin. (They won't even know Lenin was in charge in 1917) And they will disregard it completely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago They explain the joke in the last panel. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tilefan@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) oh. then I don't get it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Allero@lemmy.today 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a meme aimed to ridicule the rhetoric of the U.S. Republican party aimed at portraying Democrats as communists, which is still a swear word in America. Like, "imagine if actual communists (represented by Bolsheviks in the meme) were that mild". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tilefan@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago ah. ty permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WorkIsSlow@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (2 children) That's the joke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a pretty big reach for most people though. To realize that the depiction is of what Trump says is communism and not actually Russian communism. Most people are going to regard this as communist propaganda attempting to cover for Stalin. (They won't even know Lenin was in charge in 1917) And they will disregard it completely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago They explain the joke in the last panel. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tilefan@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) oh. then I don't get it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Allero@lemmy.today 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a meme aimed to ridicule the rhetoric of the U.S. Republican party aimed at portraying Democrats as communists, which is still a swear word in America. Like, "imagine if actual communists (represented by Bolsheviks in the meme) were that mild". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tilefan@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago ah. ty permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a pretty big reach for most people though. To realize that the depiction is of what Trump says is communism and not actually Russian communism. Most people are going to regard this as communist propaganda attempting to cover for Stalin. (They won't even know Lenin was in charge in 1917) And they will disregard it completely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago They explain the joke in the last panel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago They explain the joke in the last panel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) oh. then I don't get it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Allero@lemmy.today 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a meme aimed to ridicule the rhetoric of the U.S. Republican party aimed at portraying Democrats as communists, which is still a swear word in America. Like, "imagine if actual communists (represented by Bolsheviks in the meme) were that mild". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tilefan@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago ah. ty permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Allero@lemmy.today 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a meme aimed to ridicule the rhetoric of the U.S. Republican party aimed at portraying Democrats as communists, which is still a swear word in America. Like, "imagine if actual communists (represented by Bolsheviks in the meme) were that mild". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tilefan@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago ah. ty permalink fedilink source parent
