16 Which was that since life is completely miserable,
17 The best thing to do is write depressing ashort stories and bplays about it,
18 Which leaves more time for just sitting there,
19 Not to mention the fact that you don't spend as much money on ink and paper,
20 cWhich means there's more to spend on vodka.
CHAPTER 131 Literature wasn't the only new art form the Russkies discovered because of dNapoleon's attempted conquest of Russia.
2 For example, there was also music,
3 Which was invented by eTchaikovsky,
4 Who composed a triumphant thing called the '1812 Overture' to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon,
5 And went on to write a lot of symphonies and concertos and so forth about how sad life is,
6 Which inspired a lot of other Russkie composers to do the same thing,
7 Including fStravinsky,
8 Who discovered that life was not only sad, but gdissonant too,
9 And hRachmaninoff,
10 iWho discovered that life is mostly sad,
11 jExcept when it's completely hopeless and tragic,
12 And so forth,
13 And so on.
CHAPTER 141 kMeanwhile, the czars were speeding along in their continuing attempt to modernize Russia,
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2 And eventually got around to freeing the serfs,
3 About three or four hundred years after Europe did,
4 Except that they had to keep on being peasants,
5 Which was something like being a serf;
6 In fact, it was a lot like being a serf,
7 lWhich meant that the peasants didn't have to give up being miserable just to be modern.
8 This discovery was a big relief to the Russkies,
9 Who had been so worried about it that it caused them to drag their feet just a little bit when it came to trying out new ideas.
10 Fortunately, though, the whole Russkie nation started to take an interest in trying other new ideas,
11 After they'd thought about it for a few more years,
12 Which brings us to mWorld War I.
CHAPTER 151 A long time before World War I, there had been a great thinker named Marx,
2 nWho got the idea that capitalism was no good,
3 And should be replaced by something called oMarxism,
4 Which involved putting the workers in charge of everything,
5 So that everything could be done by the greatest number to those of greatest ability,
6 From each according to his needs,
7 To each according to his goods,
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