https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGys0M_qSao
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.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I’m not a Cuban history expert or anything, but it seems like that quote is misattributed.
I can’t find any info about a June 1961 speech in Algiera - but did find this transcript of a February 1965 speech at the same conference (Second Economic Seminar of Afro-Asian Solidarity, February 24, 1965) which makes me think the date on the meme is purposefully wrong - i.e. it sounds just correct enough. He does not mention fascists or bullets in that whole speech (but it’s a pretty good read - highly recommend!)
It isn’t a Lenin quote either iirc - but I believe Sovietknuckles was just saying it sounds similar to “the kind Vladimir Ilyich would have shot everybody here” like the other commenter said.
If he didn’t, then I’m going to tell my children he did.
