Episode #270: Communist Humor

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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