By Willow (willowashmaple.sbs)
September 2, 2026
When I was a child, I remember reading a book of dark humor. It was a somewhat outdated book already.
"A man stood in the middle of Red Square in Moscow and shouted, 'Nikita Khrushchev is an idiot! Nikita Khrushchev is an idiot!"
"He was arrested and brought before the court. The judge sentenced him to one year in a labor camp for insulting the General Secretary of the CPSU, and 50 years for leaking a classified state secret."
A political joke like this is ageless; just change the names and a few details, and it is still relevant.
"A man stood in the middle of Tian'anmen Square in Beijing and shouted, 'Xi Jinping is an idiot!..."
"A man stood in the middle of Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang and shouted, 'Kim Jong Un is an idiot!..."
"A man stood in the middle of Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., and shouted, 'Donald Trump is an idiot!..."
"A man stood in the middle of Red Square in Moscow and shouted, 'Vladimir Putin is an idiot!..."
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