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underpants

(182,797 posts) Mon Oct 15, 2018, 04:49 PM Oct 2018

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Russian cartoon from 1953 - Americanized

His math is a bit off but still it is relevant. Sadly.
https://mobile.twitter.com/carterforva/status/1038804363010080774?lang=en

Here is the original (as far as I can tell)

http://imgur.com/r/PropagandaPosters/Tf0YhXq

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Russian cartoon from 1953 - Americanized (Original Post) underpants Oct 2018 OP

Thank you empedocles Oct 2018 #1

Yes, and not just America. GoCubsGo Oct 2018 #2

Interesting ... the Russian labels are for specific things ... schools, libraries, hospitals(?) ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2018 #3

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

1. Thank you

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2018, 05:27 PM

Oct 2018

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)

2. Yes, and not just America.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2018, 05:32 PM

Oct 2018

That's currently Russia, too. In spades.

eppur_se_muova

(36,262 posts)

3. Interesting ... the Russian labels are for specific things ... schools, libraries, hospitals(?) ...

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2018, 07:16 PM

Oct 2018

except "art". The English captions are more abstract.

(Can't actually read one, letters too small.)

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