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This Dictator Accidentally Told People To Get Naked And Work. So They Did.
After the country’s autocratic leader misspoke, Belarusians had a little fun.
People in the eastern European country of Belarus are mocking their leader’s authoritarian ways and apparent verbal flub by stripping naked at work.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, often referred to as Europe’s last dictator, delivered a speech last week urging the country to innovate its way out of an economic crisis. “We must get undressed and work,” the autocratic leader told the summit in Minsk.
According to Russian broadcaster RT, Lukashenko may have meant to say “develop and work,” as the two phrases sound similar in Russian.
But some people in Belarus delighted in taking their repressive leader’s words literally, posting photos of themselves on social media in various stages of undress while at work, using the hashtag #getnakedandwork.
Many wrote tongue-in-cheek comments alongside their posts, along the lines of “The leader says we should,” according to RT.
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After the country’s autocratic leader misspoke, Belarusians had a little fun.
People in the eastern European country of Belarus are mocking their leader’s authoritarian ways and apparent verbal flub by stripping naked at work.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, often referred to as Europe’s last dictator, delivered a speech last week urging the country to innovate its way out of an economic crisis. “We must get undressed and work,” the autocratic leader told the summit in Minsk.
According to Russian broadcaster RT, Lukashenko may have meant to say “develop and work,” as the two phrases sound similar in Russian.
But some people in Belarus delighted in taking their repressive leader’s words literally, posting photos of themselves on social media in various stages of undress while at work, using the hashtag #getnakedandwork.
Many wrote tongue-in-cheek comments alongside their posts, along the lines of “The leader says we should,” according to RT.
%Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/belarus-naked-and-work-photos_us_5772e49fe4b0d1f85d47a16c
