Lenin’s Bust Installed in Brooklyn—Now Charges Cover Fee

A new bronze bust of Vladimir Lenin installed in a Brooklyn art space has become the borough’s most ironic tourist trap—complete with a $17 “ideological interaction” fee.

Funded by Councilman Mamdani’s Cultural Equity Initiative, the bust sits in a former vape shop turned “liberation museum.” Entry includes free pamphlets on utopia and a three-minute guided meditation on class warfare.

Visitors must sign a waiver acknowledging they may become “intellectually radicalized or uncomfortably self-aware.”

“I came for the aesthetic,” said a man in corduroy. “But now I own three banned books and an unpaid parking ticket from Minsk.”

The bust speaks in pre-recorded phrases like “Abolish the landlord” and “Please Venmo for mutual aid.” It’s powered by solar guilt.

One local entrepreneur attempted to open a Lenin-themed espresso bar across the street but was shut down for using capitalist foam.

Critics call it performance hypocrisy. “Charging for Lenin is peak bourgeois cosplay,” said a Marxist professor who still uses Uber.

Mamdani defended the fee. “It’s not profit—it’s participatory revolution.”

Meanwhile, the bust has become a dating hotspot for polyamorous socialists looking to trauma-bond over failed revolutions.

It currently has a 4.7 Yelp rating.

And yes, the bust accepts Apple Pay—but only with guilt.