The joke that ‘socialists used electricity for lighting before candles’ is used to highlight fact: that Socialism, despite promises, fails to deliver…plunging nations into darkness.
History is replete with failure when it comes to regimes that embrace/d socialism.
The latest is Venezuela.
With photos of Venezuelans plundering garbage for food, another tragic joke emerges.
Where did Venezuelan Socialists eat before garbage cans? Answer: restaurants.
Next time you hear American Millennials enthralled with a Socialist utopia concept, you could point these jokes out and ask if they want to be a cause of the next socialist joke:
How did Millennials communicate, before smoke signals? Answer: cellphones.
Maybe that will snap them out of it.