History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes
1mon 4d ago by lemmy.ml/u/yogthos in funny@lemmy.ml from social.marxist.network
Incidentally, it was TIL (before this post), that Yeltsin lost his left thumb and index finger in his youth because he was stupid enough to play around with live grenades.
he was not the sharpest tool in the shed
Though apparently he was quite competent in managing construction in his oblast before being invited to manage that in Moscow by Gorbachev
Peter principle in action I guess :)
Looks like he's trying to shake a shit out of his trousers