At one of USSR's breadlines during the Perestroika... At one of USSR's breadlines during the Perestroika, a man in the crowd is mumbling to himself. ""No bread, no milk, no meat, what a shame"". Two policemen walking the beat hearing his mumbling walk up to him, and say: ""Sir, if you said that 40 years ago you'd be shot, so just shut up and stand in line like everybody else"" As the policemen leave, the man turns back to the crowd and says: ""Not only we don't have bread or milk, but I was just…

In the USSR's School system it was very important not to fall asleep while the teacher was talking Or you would fail to achieve class consciousness.

Soviet Bread Line At one of USSR's bread lines during the Perestroika

Soviet Breadline At one of USSR's breadlines during the Perestroika