Smurfs and Communism

[Freigemachten]

I found this webpage a while back, and cannot for the life of me find it again. It was very interesting and had a lot of parallels between the cartoon The Smurfs and communism. One such parallel is outlined in the below image, I found it rather enjoyable.
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2481/papakarl6cj.png

[JKP]

The smurfs weren't communist for a number of reasons.

[Goatse]

Which were?

[ComradeOm]

Try http://www.iamlost.com/features/smurfs/commies.shtml

[FleasTheLemur]

I'm still waiting for "Passionate Revolutionary Smurf".

[Aurora]

Woooooo go commie smurfs
All the evidence was there HE WORE A RED HAT :D

[Forward Union]

Originally posted by [email protected] 7 2006, 11:10 PM
Woooooo go commie smurfs
All the evidence was there HE WORE A RED HAT :D
No it actually was a propaganda cartoon. That's why it was made.

[Freidenker]

Originally posted by [email protected] 5 2006, 06:41 AM
The smurfs weren't communist for a number of reasons.
Elaborate. Please. I want to hear this.

[Jadan ja]

I think that I read somewhere long time ago that the author of Smurfs was a Nazi, and that Smurfs have antisemitic message. The antagonist, Gargamel, is in many ways similar to how Nazis see Jews and his cat is also named after Jewish angel of death.

[JKP]

Originally posted by Freidenker+Jan 8 2006, 09:02 PM--> (Freidenker @ Jan 8 2006, 09:02 PM)
[email protected] 5 2006, 06:41 AM
The smurfs weren't communist for a number of reasons.
Elaborate. Please. I want to hear this. [/b]
Is it not obvious?

[Qwerty Dvorak]

Originally posted by JKP+Jan 9 2006, 06:18 AM--> (JKP @ Jan 9 2006, 06:18 AM)
Originally posted by [email protected] 8 2006, 09:02 PM

[email protected] 5 2006, 06:41 AM
The smurfs weren't communist for a number of reasons.
Elaborate. Please. I want to hear this.
Is it not obvious? [/b]
Apparently not.

Now, ELLABORATE

[JKP]

I'll put it bluntly:


They obviously live in the middle ages. You can tell by the uniforms of the human characters. They also have a king as well. They have yet to be touched by any sort of industrialization. In other words, they're living in feudalism.

Since they're pre-capitalist, communism is impossible. (unless you're a Leninist), but I digress)

Finally, without capitalism, the means for surplus overproduction do not exist; thus communism is impossible for them.

[drain.you]

lol. Think you criticising a bit too much there, comrade JKP.
Read that stuff quite a while ago, maybe they were commies, don't really matter to me but I think its pretty funny the parellels and evidence brought into it.

[Jadan ja]

If people (around Smurfs) live in feudalism that does not prevent Smurfs to live in primitive communism.

[JKP]

Originally posted by Jadan [email protected] 10 2006, 03:57 PM
If people (around Smurfs) live in feudalism that does not prevent Smurfs to live in primitive communism.
Agrarian collectives are not communism. Period.

[which doctor]

They are primitivists.

[diamond_rabbit]

Originally posted by Jadan [email protected] 8 2006, 09:45 PM
I think that I read somewhere long time ago that the author of Smurfs was a Nazi, and that Smurfs have antisemitic message. The antagonist, Gargamel, is in many ways similar to how Nazis see Jews and his cat is also named after Jewish angel of death.
i have heard something similar. i'm not sure i believe it, but it's interesting to consider. check out this short commentary:

http://www.evl.uic.edu/caylor/SMURF/aryan.html

[red_orchestra]

...err...umm, I guess you have to look at when the Smurf TV show was made. My guess, is that it is a political parody. Rascist overtones? Thats just a bit far fetched...

[syme]

the picture is a joke because Marx and Papa Smurf share similar beards.

[SanPatricio'sSoul]

Originally posted by [email protected] 5 2006, 09:59 PM
I'm still waiting for "Passionate Revolutionary Smurf".
I could see it know "Workers of the Smurf Unite, Alls we have to lose is our Smurfs"