Are you thinking of "The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." ?
Politifact says that one is a hoax. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/27/viral-image/no-joseph-stalin-didnt-say-statement-about-electio/
firebreathingduck
npub1gk…q29cl
2025-12-18 23:31:15 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…2hm9
Author Public Key
npub1gk54wjxzjx7ymqpprc82satxnya3nmgvlpwycx402zxdhn94zs6spq29clSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2025-12-18 23:31:15 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "8486fbc9649f0e3a271aa109be706a35ac4e9c2594a803ea989176b4dce831b4",
"pubkey": "45a95748c291bc4d80211e0ea87566993b19ed0cf85c4c1aaf508cdbccb51435",
"created_at": 1766100675,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://social.vivaldi.net/@firebreathingduck/115743173851799031",
"web"
],
[
"p",
"4b461234559a9a14049435e1dd0e483916844ceadadfd6b5da824b157953bde6"
],
[
"e",
"e0e95aa3959d673b2d9682c68492961ede825040c0f8226abfca87f6999bd011",
"",
"root",
"4b461234559a9a14049435e1dd0e483916844ceadadfd6b5da824b157953bde6"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://social.vivaldi.net/users/firebreathingduck/statuses/115743173851799031",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://social.vivaldi.net/users/firebreathingduck/statuses/115743173851799031",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Are you thinking of \"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.\" ?\n\nPolitifact says that one is a hoax. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/27/viral-image/no-joseph-stalin-didnt-say-statement-about-electio/",
"sig": "8d213aada1ef13cbaf4174a83ac2dc347052ad0fa1514838a675b30e29fc664e81040c7d0143c6448b37cd5673eabad955897b5c99c9cedc1c7837ccc6b25b5f"
}