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The Smurfs = Communist?

The Smurfs = Communist?. Karl Marx stated “from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.” Does that statement = a society like Smurf village??.

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The Smurfs = Communist?

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  1. The Smurfs = Communist?

  2. Karl Marx stated “from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.” Does that statement = a society like Smurf village??

  3. Same clothes, everyone has a specific task and everyone earns an equal amount of Smurf berries. No matter what, your name ends with “Smurf” and is followed by the job you do for the village. (expressionist writers of the late 1800-early 1900s did this in their writings as well)-expressionist: socialists, communists, proto-socialists…coincidence?? Becoming a “real” Smurf = practicing “raw communism”

  4. S.M.U.R.F.? According to some social scholars, the word “Smurf” stands for “Socialist (or Soviet) Men Under Red Father”

  5. Rules Smurf Village without being elected. Everyone in Smurf village is equal EXCEPT Papa Smurf > the other Smurfs…does that mean he is a dictator? AND he’s wearing red pants-the international color of communism and socialism. The case against Papa Smurf-

  6. Stalin Marx Papa Smurf’s “true identity”

  7. In Smurf village-these are the “bad” guys: Vanity Smurf- Greedy Smurf- Looked in a mirror Takes food for all day, is he gay? himself, eats Gay men were A LOT and oppressed during represents Communist Rule Capitalism?

  8. Trotsky-high ranking official under Lenin, later exiled because Stalin didn’t agree with his ideas. Sometimes, Brainy’s intellectualism causes problems in Smurf Village… The Brainy Smurf Question

  9. Jokey is always interrupting the productivity of the Smurf work day with his “booming” joke boxes! Jokey Smurf-another nuisance

  10. Smurf creator, Pierre Culliford (aka: Peyo), called her “very feminine”; she’s made by their nemisis and she causes disruption in their society. The case for/against Smurfette-

  11. Other less than Smurfy Smurfs… Lazy Smurf, Dreamy Smurf, Clumsy Smurf

  12. Papa Smurf banishes you to the forest. This is similar to banishment to a Soviet Gulag in Siberia. If you are a REALLY bad Smurf-what’s your punishment?

  13. In Smurf village-these are the “good” guys: Proletarian Smurfs who are hard working and who question nothing like these two- Handy Smurf & Hefty Smurf- a military man? He’s the strongest Smurf AND the only one with a tattoo

  14. Gargamel-Semitic features represent Stalin’s dislike of Jews…his red shoes? I have no idea. Azarel-a “fat cat” American politician The Villains-BOTH are “greedy capitalists”

  15. The WORD Smurf can be used as anything, a verb and adjective, an adverb, a pronoun…another way to unify the Smurfs? Mushroom houses-does that mean communism = euphoric atmosphere?? Other random Smurf as communist exhibits…

  16. The words: “la, la, la, la, la, la”-Smurfs sing this when working on large scale projects such as dam construction. Early Communists sing-“The International Hymn” at international party congresses and big projects like Stalin-era 5-year plans Their theme song is even telling…

  17. So….what do you think?

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