I have found evidence that the smurfs were all communist! They had joint property, assighned tasks, and their en emy was an evil man after gold! Sound like capitalism? Here is a link to two essays I found on it. THE SMURFS SPREAD DISTENTION THROUGH COMMUNISM!!! Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
They weren't communist. They were for the social reform of capitalism. Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
The politically correct term for Marxist/Communist is apparently Post-Colonial.
So, Post-Colonial smurfs...
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
dis·ten·tion also dis·ten·sion (d-stnshn) n.
The act of distending or the state of being distended.
dis·tend (d-stnd) v. dis·tend·ed, dis·tend·ing, dis·tends v. intr.
To swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure.
dis·sen·sion (d-snshn) n.
Difference of opinion; disagreement. See Synonyms at discord.
[ April 15, 2005, 03:03 PM: Message edited by: Katarain ]
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Ya know.. the smurfs do all have bellies that stick out. They ARE spreading distention!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
How is Marxist/communist post colonial. Wouldn't that mean after colonies and isn't capitalism and America after colonies aswell?
Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :
I watched the Snorks...so what does that make me?
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
I loved fraggle rock. Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
It's just what many academics of the Marxist bent prefer to call themselves now. Take a look at course selections and you'll see a few "Post Colonial" studies courses in the humanities.
Just ask the professor then, you'll see.
Sometimes we just change the names of our proclivities and politics to make them a bit more, ummm, genteel.
i.e. The German Democratic Republic for East Germany, or the National Socialists for the Nazis. It's all in the name sometimes...
Edit to add: Remember that Colonial is something that actually applies to most places on the globe outside of Europe to some degree.
[ April 15, 2005, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: Lost Ashes ]
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
The National Socialists was their name. The german version of that can be abbreviated to Nazi.
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
Right you are Jebus... but they weren't Socialists by the modern standards and National... their aspirations were more international.
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
Ah, I see what you're saying. But that wasn't instead of Nazi, that was instead of FASCIST PARTY II.
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
Pretty much... And Mussolini's Black Shirts really weren't into emulating the future Johnny Cash.. But it sounded much better than the "Do What I Say Or I Smasha Your Face" Party.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
lol
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
heh, it was my brother that first pointed it out a while back and I say: "*snaps fingers* of course!"
Long Live The Revolution!
*plays Soviet National Anthem*
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Well, like they say, in order to save the Smurfs...
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Politics 405:
Communism is great....
as long as its Stalinst Communism....
and as long as you get to be Stalin.
Remember, All animals are created equal. Just some animals are more equal than others.
Or as Papa Smurf says--All smurfs are smurfed equal, but some smurfs are more smurfy that others.
[ October 13, 2005, 09:10 AM: Message edited by: Dan_raven ]
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Screw the smurfs-- there's a 9 minute Serenity clip on aspectre's link.
AWESÖME!
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Whats funny is in my advanced world studies class we actually watched an episode of the smurfs and went over how they could be seen as communist. The number of communist symbology/similarities was a little disturbing.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
Umlauts are a sign of pink sympathies, Scott.
*dials McCarthy*
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
I didnt even relize till about a second ago that i just posted to my own topic...
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
"DONNIE DARKO: First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village, but the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her."
How does the communist theory assimilate this little tidbit?
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
More to the point: Was smurfette in Animal Farm?
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
Uh, "post-colonial studies" means the study of colonial nations (mainly French and British) both while they were colonies and after they became their own nation. It has nothing to do with communisim, unless one of the colonies flirted with communism after achieving independence.
It's a very hot topic right now in the literary and conflict studies fields.
Here's wikipedia's take: post-colonialism Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
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