Cartoons Reinforce Pro-capitalist Propaganda

[Year: 1]

Pardon my ignorance but isn't there a communist/anarchist super hero anywhere?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJV4KqK0LpY&search=spiderman

[loveme4whoiam]

How is that intro reinforcing cappie ideals? The only thing I could see that would be even the least suspect is Spidey busting the guys robbing the jewellers, and thats pushing the reasoning a bit.

As for Commie superheroes, I believe the USSR (along with several other countries) tried copying Superman - had Kal El (nerd points +5 :P) land in some part of the USSR and have him become a folk hero, with a hammer and sickel in place of the trademark S. Apart from that, I have no idea.

[Enragé]

something about a little girl who went to the moon or something dressed in a pioneers outfit in the DDR

but that sucks too :P

[Delta]

Don't really see any pro-capitalist propaganda there. The jewelry shop was worker-owned =)

[Black Dagger]

Here you go:

Communist superhero, is there one? (http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=49845&hl=superhero)

[bcbm]

I recall many cartoons from my youth stressing things like cooperation, sharing and equality, hardly capitalist values. Not to mention Captain Planet, which was decidedly on the side of eco-terrorism.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

The smurfs.

[loveme4whoiam]

The Smurfs were counter-revolutionary.

Think about it - Papa Smurf, the wise leader of the blue people who all the others look to, dicating how their efforts should be best spent. The... meh, I can't be bothered to make up shite any more :P

[Eleutherios]

Well it isn't as bad as the Flintstones, where the ruthless exploitation of the proletarasaurus class is blatant.

[Year: 1]

If you look at that Spiderman intro. again you will see that the thieves have four bags altogether. Does a worker-who is the boss.

The two thieves are small retail thieves stealing from big wholesale thieves who are stealing their diamonds from Africa. Remember Imperialism is the Highest Stage of Capitalism.

[che's long lost daughter]

Look at my avatar :rolleyes:

[bcbm]

Originally posted by che's long lost [email protected] 23 2006, 03:52 AM
Look at my avatar :rolleyes:
Superman was, in the early years, something of an anti-capitalist superhero, actually, in that he stood up against corrupt bosses, industrialists, etc. I saw an article on it somewhere, no idea where though.

[Rank]

Originally posted by [email protected] 20 2006, 03:10 PM

As for Commie superheroes, I believe the USSR (along with several other countries) tried copying Superman - had Kal El (nerd points +5 :P) land in some part of the USSR and have him become a folk hero, with a hammer and sickel in place of the trademark S. Apart from that, I have no idea.
I've seen superman in some superman/bizarro comics when all the supermans come together and the hammer and sickel superman is there.....yeah..hes stronger than any other superman/.//

[Jesus Christ!]

Originally posted by [email protected] 21 2006, 04:01 PM
Well it isn't as bad as the Flintstones, where the ruthless exploitation of the proletarasaurus class is blatant.
HAhaha.