A treatise on the communist leanings of the smurfs.
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1. Blue Skin Red Heart -openfly
2. Marxism-Leninsim among Smurfs
Smurfs all wear the same uniform and simple tunic 3. There is
no competition among smurfs in any area of Industry 4. There is no
trade or movement of people between other smurf communes 5. There
is no currency 6. Papa Smurf is the Central Authority
from each according to their ability, to each according to their
needs -Karl Marx 7. Papa Smurf ( Dear Leader )
Papa Smurf could be a reference to Stalin ( also known as papa
) 8. Distinct Physical Similarities to Karl Marx 9. Distinctive Red
Tunic 10. Seen seizing the assets of Greedy Smurf during a
smurfberry famine. 11. Authority without question 12. Second in
Command is Brainy Smurf
13. Brainy Smurf ( Trotsky? )
Distinct physical similarities to notable Leninist Leon
Trotsky. 14. Considered to be the Intellectual leader of the
community behind Papa Smurf 15. Attempts to take over village in
absence of Papa Smurf ( Trotsky failed to the same ) 16. There are
also parallels in his fascist nature that could be applied to
Stalin ( in relation to Lenin )
17. Smurfette
Smurfette is not a smurf 18. Smurfette was engineered by
Gargamel to tempt the smurfs and cause discord in their community
19. Smurfette in many ways embodies the temptation of capitalism
ever present in the socialist community 20. Smurfette also
represents a divide in what was an otherwise classless and sexless
society 21. Ultimately she is won over by the smurfs and converted
by Papa smurf to their way
22. Gargamel
Gargamel's initial objective is to turn the smurfs into Gold,
Later he attempts to consume them as a Capitalist culture would
consume a socialist one 23. Gargamel assaults the smurfs by playing
on their selfish nature 24. Arguments have been made that Gargamel
represents a caricature of a Jew.In communist russia, Judaism was a
prevalent and powerful religion.Socialism sees religion as the
opiate of the masses 25. Crazy old man who lives in the woods and
talks to a cat.Searching for little blue men that live in mushroo
ms
Capitalist, or crazy hobo? 26. Peyo
Belgian Cartoonist 27. Cartoonists are known for their leftist
tendencies 28. Belgians are known for their waffles 29. Peyo is
known for his support of working class heroes in class based
societies 30. Peyo turned the Smurfs into an enterprise