Representate: April 1917. Finnish railway station, armoured car, the famous speech "There is such a party!". But Vladimir Ilich does not pronounce it aloud — he writes a post in the Telegram channel. Thousands of workers and soldiers like it, repost "April Theses" in the public "Windows of ROSTA", and Mensheviks try to ban him for misinformation. It sounds like the ravings of a madman, but let's imagine: what would have happened if Lenin had modern internet in 1917? Mobile phone, social networks, viral videos, and recommendation algorithms — how would they change the course of the revolution, the Civil War, and possibly the whole XX century? "The Bolsheviks would not have seized the telegraph — they would have bought advertising in Google Ads. And Kerensky would have cried not from weakness, but from karma minus." "April Theses" as a viral meme The real "April Theses" were met by party members with a bayonet: Kamenev and Rykov called them "nonsense". In internet reality, everything would have been different. Lenin launches a video on YouTube: "THE WORLD — TO THE PEOPLES! THE LAND — TO THE PEASANTS! FACTORIES — TO THE WORKERS!". Short, bold, with a rhythmic music. A checklist "10 steps to seize power" in the style of info-cыганов would go viral on TikTok. A Telegram bot would distribute cards with quotes. Moderate socialists would be in an informational hole: they did not understand algorithms, could not shoot shorts, did not know what targeting was. In three months, the Bolsheviks would have transformed from a marginal party to the main trend — not because of underground printing houses, but because of coverage and reposts. Kerensky loses in comments Alexander Kerensky, the head of the Provisional Government, was a brilliant orator. But oratory in the XX century is not the same as the skill of running a post on Instagram. Kerensky would most likely have led a cabinet account with banal phrases: "The government is taking ... Read more