Mmastodon WorldPolitics first seen 12 h ago, last 4 min ago, peak #1

Parents joke about running a 'socialist family' at home

Original: "I decided we should be a socialist family, so I gave all my kids jobs that I thought they could handle and the same amo

A joke about applying socialism to family life is making people laugh online. A parent says they gave all their children chores suited to their abilities and equal pocket money, only for the CIA to 'murder' them and install a 'puppet mum'. The punchline plays on Cold War history, and readers are sharing it for its dark historical humour.

Why now: The joke's punchline about CIA-backed regime change turns everyday parenting into a sharp political gag people want to share.

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• "I decided we should be a socialist family, so I gave all my kids jobs that I thought they could handle and the same amount of pocket money each. And then the CIA murdered me and installed a puppet mum." (I just heard this joke and had to share it because it made me laugh so… · KatyElphinstone@mas.to · 5

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