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> communism was never sold as a fun ideology Well, then what's about Vladimir Mayakovsky's Другим странам - по сто, История - пастью гроба, А моя страна - под
by avmich 11y ago
> communism was never sold as a fun ideology
Well, then what's about Vladimir Mayakovsky's
Другим странам - по сто,
История - пастью гроба,
А моя страна - подросток:
Твори, выдумывай, пробуй!
(Other countries are hundred years old,
Their future is just coffins and cemetery,
And my country is a teenager
Create, invent, try!)
It's not quite correct that communism wasn't ever advertised as fun.
- soyiuz 11y agoWoah, I never thought I'd see the day when Mayakovsky is quoted on HN. Thank you, good sir.
- scottlocklin 11y agoDidn't Mayakovsky kill himself? As to the rest of you butthurt over my use of the word "commie" -lighten up; it is a humorous foray, not a dreary research paper. The commercial and automobile are unusual by any measure, and as far as I know unique for "behind the iron curtain."