The platform drops, the rope tightens, and the only business owner left in Moscow is hanged.
Mikhail, the leader of the “revolutionaries”, turns to his comrades and shouts that ever-quoted but seldom-understood communist rally cry: “The last capitalist we hang will sell us the rope!”
After the owner is dead, the thugs decide to parade him around town on a stake. Before they have a chance to notify the townspeople, they realize they don’t actually have any wooden stakes in their storehouse.
“Ivan!” cries Mikhail at one of his comrades. “Go into the forest, cut down a tree, trim its trunk into a stake, and bring it here!” Visit our website: https://www.thelastcapitalist.com/
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