“What do you call a Communist sniper?”/“A Marxman.”

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Entry from March 05, 2016

“What do you call a Communist sniper?”/“A Marxman.”

A popular Communist/Marxist pun is:

Q: What do you call a Communist sniper?
A: A Marxman (marksman).

“What do you call a communist sniper? A marxman!” was cited on Twitter on February 28, 2009. The joke became popular on reddit on March 1, 2016.

Wikipedia: Karl Marx
Karl Marx (/mɑːrks/; German pronunciation: [ˈkaɐ̯l ˈmaɐ̯ks]; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist. Born in Prussia (now Rhineland-Palatinate), he later became stateless and spent much of his life in London. Marx’s work in economics laid the basis for much of the current understanding of labour and its relation to capital, and subsequent economic thought. He published numerous books during his lifetime, the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867–1894).

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Rauthiss
‏@Rauthiss
What do you call a communist sniper?
A marxman!
9:45 AM - 28 Feb 2009

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Jose
‏@jose_arguello97
What do you call a communist sniper? A MARXman 😂😂 History joke sigh
3:32 PM - 29 Jul 2013

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Tom Kardon
‏@tomkardon
Are Communist snipers called ‘Marxman’?
11:54 PM - 13 Feb 2014

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L’Atelier
‏@Atelier_Absurde
Are communist snipers called marx-men?
2:38 PM - 9 Jun 2014

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What do you call a Communist sniper? (self.Jokes)
submitted March 1, 2016 by Youown
A Marxman.

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What do you call a communist sniper?
A Marxman

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