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"Sorry, our motto was meant to be 'NO power to the Soviets'!" (infosec.pub)
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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Like how “drain the swamp” turned into bribes and ballrooms.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 29 points 1 day ago

tbf, that one was at least obvious from the start. The Bolsheviks didn't have a long record, so thinking they might be sincere was a much more forgivable mistake.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Drain the swamp, we got a whole new swamp coming in and we need to make room