https://xcancel.com/Solidarity_Star/status/2000747641903169731
The original is much funnier, because—in addition to being closer to something an actual communist would say—it implies Americans are tough to educate.
[Educated?] Me? America’s son? That will be a challenge!
This just reminds me of that post of a guy claiming that his grandfather refused to learn to read so that he couldn’t read communist propaganda.
The USSR famously didn’t have mass media radio.
i only learned how to read enough to understand various fast food franchise’s menus. i will not be reading about “sharing” and “baths”.
I love how afterwards he acts like an ultra or something. Great scene.
Isn’t he just quoting Mao?
Edit: I mean, Maoism is a subset of Leninism, which is opposed to ultra-leftism, aka left-communism. But he does act “ultra-Maoist”, if that’s what you meant.
I’m not that well read on the different flavors and distinctions and it’s been a while since I actually watched that scene. That sounds correct spelled out like you have. That’s effectively what I meant, along the lines of “far more principled and dogmatic”.
But he does act “ultra-Maoist”
Comrade Pol Pot, welcome to The Revolution. /s
