Lenin Cat

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IF YOU SEE THIS IMAGE WHILE SCROLLING you have been visited by the lenin of communism revolution and cats will come to you, but only if you post thanks comrade lenin in this thread

THERE IS BUT ONE MARK, IDONT KNOW THIS GROUCH OFWHICH YOU SPEAK. quickmeme.c

THIS CATNIP IS PROPERTYOF THE PROLETARIAT quickmeme.c

About • Origin • Spread • Vladimir Lenin •

Category: Meme Status: confirmed Year: 2011 Origin: Reddit Region:

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Tags: image macro lenin cat reddit looks like anthropomorphic history

About

Lenin Cat is an image macro series centered around a photo of a defiant looking cat that is thought to resemble Vladimir Lenin. The overlaid text is usually something related to communism with a cat-like twist.

Origin

On February 8th, 2007, I Can Has Cheezburger posted a picture of a cat with the caption "Make ready my ship general / It is time to show those dogs what we are made of."

MAKE READY MY SHIP GENERAL ITISTIME TO SHOW THOSE DOGS WHAT WE ARE MADE OF

Later, on March 31st, 2011, a picture of the same cat was posted to Reddit's /pics subreddit titled "This cat looks like Lenin. Your argument is invalid.".

Spread

The photo was voted to the front page, and shortly after several image macro variations began popping up on Reddit, Quickmeme and Memegenerator. On April 5th, Lenin Cat was featured by the internet blog I Can Has Cheezburger.

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Soviet Anthem feat. Lenin Cat

Vladimir Lenin

Lenin was a was Marxist revolutionary in Russia known for founding the USSR, the first officially socialist state. His political theory known as "Leninism" was developed from Marxism and adapted to agrarian Russia.