People in Africa without shirts

 A party member hears an old peasant complaining that he only owns one shirt, but he owned two under the Tsar.

"Now, comrade," he says, "we should be thankful for what we have. There are people in Africa who don't own any shirts or clothes at all!"

"I never thought of it like that," the peasant replies, "I had no idea that Africa was so much closer to communism than we are!"