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Punch Lines: Joking About the Government Is Good for You and for the Country

Punch Lines: Joking About the Government Is Good for You and for the Country
Ronald Reagan at his desk in the Oval Office, delivers his televised farewell address to the nation in 1989. Ronald Reagan Library/Getty Images
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Recently I came across a copy of Algis Ruksenas’ “The World’s Best Russian Jokes.” Published in 1987 just before the end of the Soviet Union, this collection focused on jokes shared by Russians about their Marxist government. Here’s a sample:

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