Karl Marx wrote that “The final phase of a historic political system is comedy.”
Did the telling of jokes tumble the old Soviet system?
George Orwell wrote that “Every joke is a tiny revolution.” Jokes were the communist system’s jazz, the music of the oppressed. Jokes eased psychological pain; helped forge trust between contemporaries; helped make sense of their lives. Join Ed and Ron for a rollicking look at Communist Humor, and some of the better jokes that were told during its reign.
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