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Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away today. (www.reuters.com)
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[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

There’s no going back from this comment: he’s Mr. Dong forever now.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 7 months ago

It’s not even the goofiest name a communist leader has had. Stalin quite literally changed his birth name to, “Joe Steel”, like he’s some sort of cosplaying superhero.

If we can have a Joe Steel, then we can absolutely have a Mr. Dong.