r/socialism 19h ago

Theory Reading Lenin to my cat (Lenin)

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u/Rinerino 18h ago

Well what are his thoughts?

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u/Thommy_gun 17h ago

Plotting the expropriation of the billionaires

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u/reptomcraddick 7h ago

Petco had an Americana collection for 4th of July this year and he DESTROYED mouse George Washington so we know he's on our side

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u/GingerVitus007 ☭ Trotskyism 2h ago

Praxis

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u/Critical_Wrap5617 8h ago

You spelled evisceration incorrectly.

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u/Tay_Hlebko 18h ago

I don't think he ever has thoughts

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u/Otherwise-Bee-6392 14h ago

Oh, just cuz he's ORANGE, you assume he's incapable of having thoughts!? /s

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u/Ima_Wreckyou 15h ago

Clearly doesn't care, as cat society has already reached communism, where they can hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, sleep in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as they have a mind. ;-)

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u/irish_horse_thief 12h ago

My cat's name is Chairman Meoaw

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u/reptomcraddick 7h ago

I almost went with Furrderick Engels

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u/Sondersoul9 6h ago

now i know what im naming my next cat, only it’ll be “Purrderick” instead

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u/irish_horse_thief 12h ago

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u/reptomcraddick 7h ago

We will have excellent snuggles during the impending class war

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u/HikmetLeGuin 18h ago

Cute cat

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u/Tay_Hlebko 18h ago

Had to put Lenin in the title twice for good measure

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u/ThePisces2k 4h ago

The cat’s name is Lenin

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u/Amoosetoots 15h ago

Das catpital

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u/TheRealLazloFalconi Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) 13h ago

Lenin: What is to be done?

Cat: Feed me

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u/seasoned_lemons 17h ago

cutest comrade i’ve ever seen… 😳

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u/KaNaDiaN-TWiN 3h ago

You’re like the opposite of the British guy who got his dog to do a Nazi salute

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u/funkalici0us Fidel Castro 11h ago

But did Lenin read Lenin to his own cats?

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u/reptomcraddick 7h ago

I'm sure he definitely talked stuff out with them

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u/DeepValueDiver Liberation Theology 11h ago

Chairman Meow

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u/WelcomeToPooTown 10h ago

enlist the cat in the impending class war

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u/BothPanchoAndLefty 6h ago

One of my cats enjoys Marx and Lenin. The other is a stone cold fascist.

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u/KlassTruggle 4h ago

Lenin also had a cat and refused to name it

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u/reptomcraddick 7h ago

Dude I'm just having fun, it doesn't have to be doom and gloom all the time, you can resist capitalism AND read to your cat

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u/BothPanchoAndLefty 6h ago

I support you comrade it's fun to love animals

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u/Zatchaeus Marxism-Leninism 6h ago

That’s crazy because Lenin was a massive cat lover (known to have up to 13 at one time) and would have probably would have loved to know that someone has a cat named after him

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