{"id":53889,"date":"2020-01-01T03:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=53889"},"modified":"2019-12-31T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T16:13:28","slug":"communist-jokes-through-the-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/01\/communist-jokes-through-the-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"Communist jokes through the ages"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Catallaxy Files<\/em>, Steve Kates<\/a> recently read Hammer and Tickle: A History of Communism Told Through Communist Jokes<\/em> by Ben Lewis:<\/p>\n

It looks at the jokes themselves; the evolution of these jokes as communism aged and new leaders took over; it looks at the different kinds of jokes told in different communist countries; it examines the fate of those who told such jokes and the difference in the fate of those who made such jokes depending on who was the leader of the Party; it asks whether such jokes helped the communists consolidate power or whether they helped bring communism down; it looks into the difference between telling anti-Nazi jokes in Nazi Germany versus telling anti-communist jokes in communist countries; it asks about the psychology of those who told such jokes and whether they helped relieve tensions; and much else. But I will say this, some of I found really funny. This is my favourite.<\/p>\n

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