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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door evilbu
(Bericht 2539999)
Maar die van PVDA, LSP,... zijn al zo klein, die arme kerels.:-( Je kan deze heksenjacht vergelijken met :
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Wist dat je er veel theorieën bestaan over de smurfen en communisme, Evilbu?
Op Wikipedia bvb:
The theories usually begin by citing what seem to be uncanny aspects of Smurf characters' appearances.
Papa Smurf has a bushy white beard, which some feel looks like
Karl Marx's. He also wears red slacks and a red cap, displaying the stereotypical color of Communism throughout the world. Despite the society's communal nature, Papa Smurf does have the ultimate authority, often overruling
Brainy Smurf when he oversteps his boundaries. In several episodes when Papa Smurf is not present, the Smurf Village's utopian system destabilizes entirely.
Karl Marx
Papa Smurf
Leon Trotsky
Brainy Smurf
Brainy Smurf, like
Leon Trotsky, has round spectacles. There the similarities more or less end, although some see parallels in their position in society. Like Trotsky who felt his intellectual theories of Communist society were superior, he attempts to seize power in several episodes when Papa Smurf is away. Some argue that Brainy was alone in his willingness to question the ideals of 'Smurfism'. This is not supported by the comics, where he definitely does not question the ideals of Smurfism, as he considers himself the strongest supporter or even the disciple of Papa. The rebellion as seen in the
King Smurf story is not initiated by Brainy but by an unnamed Smurf. In the original comic history of
King Smurf, Brainy Smurf is even on the side of protest against the auto-proclaimed
King, considering it as contrary with traditional Smurf organization and Papa Smurf's authority. Nonetheless, Brainy's ideas and remarks at times get him into trouble from Papa Smurf and his peers. He is often isolated, ridiculed or even physically ejected from the village for his never ending rants and condescencion.
Clothing
The Smurfs wear standard clothing (with the notable exception of Papa Smurf): a simple white
Phrygian cap and white slacks. Each Smurf has minor accessories that differentiate them from each other. This systematic uniform is argued by some as a representation of the largely uniform style of attire dominant in several early periods of the Soviet Union and
The People's Republic of China, including the "
Mao suit". The Phrygian cap is also a symbol of freedom and equality, notably in the Roman
Saturnalia festival and in iconography of the
French Revolution. On the other hand, standard clothing is common in many isolated communities (such as
Amish), and is also common in representation of other mystical creatures like dwarfs and gnomes.
Analogy of capitalist forces
Even though the evil
wizard Gargamel and his loyal feline worker,
Azrael, are argued to represent an analogy of the forces of capitalism, it would be more correct to say that they represent
reactionary forces. In fact Gargamel desires to capture the Smurfs in order to turn them into
gold through a magical process of boiling. His greed drives him to great lengths in what is said to be a parallel of the
Cold War and its extreme struggle. The capitalistic forces want to devour socialism, as the West wanted to do to the
USSR and its allies according to Cold War propaganda. Gargamel can be seen as a pure capitalist (from a socialist perspective); he wishes to turn everything into a commodity -- including the individuals of a living society.
Gargamel forces
Azrael, his ginger cat, to do almost all of the laborious and dangerous activities in his various plots to catch the Smurfs. Azrael can be seen as the
lumpen-proletariat, being exploited by Gargamel, the reaction. Azrael is uncomplaining, or, since he has no voice (i.e.
class-consciousness), is metaphorically unable to complain. He cannot negotiate his wage--he eats whatever he is given by his master. But according to this vision, the Smurfs should seek to convince Azrael to ally with the Smurfs, and to revolt against his master, which they never do.
Gargamel could be seen as the physical stereotype for
capitalism: a man, totally consumed by greed.
Economics
The Smurfs live in an egalitarian
utopia. Each smurf has a particular skill and each performs tasks for the benefit of the community. There is no system of monetary exchange or even barter in the Smurf village. The village can be seen as a
planned economy, under the leadership of
Papa Smurf, and to some extent,
Brainy Smurf. But the Smurf society can also be seen as an anarchist economy where everyone produces goods and services according to its skills, without planification, and where harmony emerges from the complementarity and good will of all Smurfs, with Papa Smurf being only in charge of organizing some important works that necessitates the collaboration of all Smurfs, for example large infrastructure works, or security activities. In that case it is closer to a primitive community economy, than a society inspired by communism and planification.
The food in the Smurf Village was stored away in mushrooms the minute it was harvested and then equally distributed to all the Smurfs throughout the year. No one "farmer smurf" sold his crop to one smurf or another. It was understood that the crop was for the entire Smurf population, not for the sale or profit of one Smurf alone - an example of
collective farming.
In the Smurf comics,
Finance Smurf introduced a short-lived system of monetary exchange, based upon the
gold standard. He introduces the system after he is exposed to capitalism by trekking to a town in order to retrieve some medicine. He is portrayed as being logically short sighted; the system he introduces leads to
corruption,
poverty,
malnutrition, and general discontent. In addition, the monetary system increased the danger to the village, as Gargamel wished and tried to seize the Smurfs' stockpile of coinage. However, this absence of money seems more close to the traditional economy of a primitive society than to a communist one, where, even if money sometimes disappears or is less important, some form of exchange value artifacts (food tickets,...) still exist for many goods and services
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smurfs_and_communism
