Q: What would Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] have done in this situation?
A: The kind Vladimir Ilyich would have shot everybody here.
it's from a vice documentary on the Donetsk People's Republic. If I remember right, this guy's call sign was Vladimir Ilyich, and he just got out of some beef with a rival group of militia guys. So this is his response after being asked what Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] would do.
It's not a quote from Lenin, the words are from the guy in the video. It was more like a dark joke during a difficult time (start of the civil war in Ukraine) where different groups of opportunists try to take control in an unstable situation. More like a play on words that his call sign is Vladimir Ilyich, and the joke was that he was being asked what he will do, yet he answered what Lenin would do
And this means?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGys0M_qSao
it's from a vice documentary on the Donetsk People's Republic. If I remember right, this guy's call sign was Vladimir Ilyich, and he just got out of some beef with a rival group of militia guys. So this is his response after being asked what Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] would do.
Are you saying that the quote is from Lenin or is this video satire?
It's not a quote from Lenin, the words are from the guy in the video. It was more like a dark joke during a difficult time (start of the civil war in Ukraine) where different groups of opportunists try to take control in an unstable situation. More like a play on words that his call sign is Vladimir Ilyich, and the joke was that he was being asked what he will do, yet he answered what Lenin would do
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