An old Soviet joke is that government propaganda got so bad, and the past was rewritten so much, that people didn’t know what will happen yesterday. The form of the joke, however, became popular in 2022 and 2023.
       
“The past changes so quickly you don’t know what will happen yesterday” was posted on Twitter by Darth Putin on February 24, 2022. “As @DarthPutinKGB would say: ‘The problem with doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you don’t know what will happen yesterday’” was posted on Twitter by DiaperDon on August 12, 2022. “The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changed so quickly you don’t know what will happen yesterday” was posted on Twitter by DiaperDon on August 12, 2022. “And then there is Darth Putin’s observation, ‘The problem with propaganda is that the past changes so fast, you don’t know what will happen yesterday’” was posted on Twitter by Morpheus’s box on January 28, 2023.
   
“‘The past is rewritten so fast that you don’t know what will happen yesterday’ Soviet joke” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Ric Saumean on September 10, 2022. “‘The past is rewritten so fast that you don’t know what will happen yesterday’  - Soviet joke” (shown on an image) was posted on iFunny on February 2, 2023.
     
 
Twitter
Darth Putin
@DarthPutinKGB
Remember when Sputnik were trolling you last week that we weren’t going to attack Ukraine?
The past changes so quickly you don’t know what will happen yesterday.
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Sputnik
@SputnikInt
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Feb 24, 2022
#BREAKING | Russian air strikes destroy 74 Ukrainian military infrastructure targets, Ministry of Defence says#SputnikBreaking
https://sputniknews.com/20220224/russian-air-strikes-destroy-74-ukrainian-military-infrastructure-targets-ministry-of-defence-says-1093335308.html
10:03 AM · Feb 24, 2022
   
Twitter
DiaperDon
@DiaperDon16
In the Mar-a-Lago raid the FBI recovered nuclear secrets that were not at Mar-a-Lago.
As @DarthPutinKGB would say: “The problem with doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you don’t know what will happen yesterday”.
9:44 AM · Aug 12, 2022
   
Twitter
DiaperDon
@DiaperDon16
The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changed so quickly you don’t know what will happen yesterday.
5:29 AM · Aug 13, 2022
 
Facebook
Ric Saumean
September 10, 2022 at 1:58 PM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
“The past is rewritten so
fast that you don’t know
what will happen
yesterday”
Soviet joke
   
Twitter
Frank
@FrankvdFields
“Tijdens de pandemie waarschuwden experts…”.
The past is rewritten so fast that you don’t know what will happen yesterday.
9:10 AM · Sep 12, 2022
   
Twitter
WindTalker
@nmlinguaphile
“The past is rewritten so fast you don’t know what will happen yesterday!”  Soviet joke
Panel advises removal of Confederate statue at Arlington - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/panel-advises-removal-confederate-statue-arlington-89847154
12:18 PM · Sep 21, 2022
   
Twitter
Morpheus’s box
@morpheussbox
accurate assessment of the future, i.e. see their own downfall coming but can’t persuade themselves of it being certain. And then there is Darth Putin’s observation, “The problem with propaganda is that the past changes so fast, you don’t know what will happen yesterday.”
3:39 PM · Jan 28, 2023
 
iFunny 
Greenhornet224
2 feb 2023
“The past is rewritten so fast that you don’t know what will happen yesterday” - Soviet joke
     
Twitter
Headframe
@swashplate48
Reinterpret the past and control the present. The Left is expert at this.
“The past is rewritten so fast that you don’t know what will happen yesterday.” (old Soviet Joke)
1:41 PM · Feb 25, 2023
   
Twitter
DiaperDon
@DiaperDon16
How did Trump know to declassify the exact same documents the FBI was going to plant 1.5 years later?
The problem with doing propaganda is the past changes so quickly you don’t know what will happen yesterday.
7:43 AM · Feb 26, 2023
 
Twitter
Debra Carey
@DebraKC56
Old Soviet joke:
The past is rewritten so fast that you don’t know what will happen yesterday.
9:45 AM · Apr 11, 2023
 
Twitter
Rothmus 🏴
@Rothmus
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
“The past is rewritten so
fast that you don’t know
what will happen
yesterday”
Soviet joke
10:05 PM · Jul 16, 2023