Mikhail Weller: "Golden Noose"

“As one crowned cynic used to say, it is very useful for a hungry people to see a well-fed king to raise their spirits. Taking from the poor and giving to the rich – isn’t this the triumph of true democracy? By the way, has Kim Jong-un been eaten there yet?
Discontent accumulates for a long time, unfolds slowly and flares up instantly from one spark. Social discontent and social tension are objective categories and transform into a state of action according to the same law according to which a long-heated flammable gas (intangible and transparent) explodes instantly. It's called the transition from quantity to quality.
A serious step towards revolution has been taken. With its immediate horrors and distant prospects. O nightmare scarecrow - Freddy Krueger with Sobyanin tiles instead of proletarian cobblestones!..”