More a witty remark than a proper joke, this weeks choice from the Stalin archives emphasises the importance of the control of the means of production in socialist countries compared to capitalist countries.
When Comrade Stalin reurned from a foreign trip he was asked to give a description of the economies he had seen in the west.
"Tovarisch, " he said, "in the west they have many luxurious objects available in shops -- fur coats, cars, all manners of food and combestibles. But the people are too poor to buy anything. In all my time there I didn't see a single queue !"
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