Smurfs and communism

bob sacamano · Post by **bob sacamano** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:26 am

The Smurfs Were Communists!

First of all, you must put aside all the media-programmed, propaganda-driven thoughts or irrational fears you might already have about communists. Forget all that big bad Russian stuff that the 80's taught us, that doesn't exist anymore. Think of communism as just a way of life, a social order, an economic standpoint, a lifestyle choice. Take all the visions of sickles and hammers and tanks out of your head for awhile, and then you will be able to see it clearly.

First of all, the Smurfs shared everything. The food in the Smurf village wasstored away in those mushrooms the minute it was harvested and then equally distributed to all the Smurfs throughout the year. No one "farmerSmurf" sold his crop to a "consumer Smurf," or saw his labor exploited byanother. It was understood that the crop was for the entire Smurf population, not for the sale or profit of one Smurf alone.

Then there were those jobs each Smurf held. There was Handy Smurf, and Painter Smurf, and Brainy Smurf, etc... Each Smurf had his own specific job and was not allowed to try his hand at any other Smurf's assigned task.
There actually was an episode where each Smurf tried to do another one's job, and failed. The moral of the story was apparently "Stick to whatyou do Best" or to put it another way, stick to what the society has chosen for you, or maybe just "You'll get what you get and like it!" Handy Smurf was always building. Painter Smurf was always painting. Everyoneaccepted what they were and didn't ask questions.
Some other evidence I've gathered may strain the limits of credibility. Decide for yourself: Papa Smurf wore a red cap. All the Smurfs were the samecolor and sang the same song everywhere they went - stressing their Smurfy unity. Didn't you catch yourself singing that song as a kid? I know you did. Everyone did. Everyone.
The most compelling evidence that the Smurfs were communists comes fromtheir relationship to the arch-villian Gargamel. If you remember, the onlything that Gargamel wanted the Smurfs for was for his own profit. In thefirst four or five seasons, Gargamel's master plan was to catch the Smurfs, boil them, and turn them into gold. For some reason, in the later yearswhen the show was dying, they started saying that he wanted to eat the poor blue creatures, but for the most part he wanted to turn them into gold.
He didn't care about the Smurfs themselves, their culture, or their well being. All he cared about was getting gold. His only interest in how to get rich, and nothing, nothing would get in his way.

Gargamel was a capitalist.
The evil antagonist of the Smurfs was the ultimate capitalist, terrorizing the peaceful good little communist Smurf community. It all starts to fit together
doesn't it?

bob sacamano · Post by **bob sacamano** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:32 am

This one came to my attention thanks to smurfjet.

Smurfs, the lost episode.

http://smurforgy.com/lostepisode/

Scuba_Steve · Post by **Scuba_Steve** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:49 am

so in a comunist system there is 1 woman for every 100 men?

I think I'll stick to capitalism

Smurfjet · Post by **Smurfjet** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:02 am

bob stop giving the Smurfs a bad name, you bigot...

2R · Post by 2R » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:08 am

do you think they favour lenin or trotsky ?
or is it a metaphor for stalinist work camp ??

bob sacamano · Post by **bob sacamano** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:21 am

2R wrote:do you think they favour lenin or trotsky ?
or is it a metaphor for stalinist work camp ??

Brainy smurf was like trostky, the thinker.

Papa smurf was like marx.

Scuba_Steve · Post by **Scuba_Steve** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:48 am

who was Mao? Food distributer smurf?

Stalin? Paranoid smurf?

mellow_pilot · Post by **mellow_pilot** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:40 pm

Alls I know is, Smurfette was a whore.

. ._ · Post by **. ._** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:44 pm

Yeah, but she was hot for a blue chick!

-istp

Scuba_Steve · Post by **Scuba_Steve** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:53 pm

I'd hit it

2R · Post by 2R » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:51 pm

With what ???

Golden Flyer · Post by **Golden Flyer** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:51 pm

2R wrote:With what ???

... lmao. A Pogo Stick

Smurfjet · Post by **Smurfjet** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:46 pm

Or a matchstick...

Now stop dissing my girl.

Aviatard · Post by **Aviatard** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:29 am

Hmm. I thought I'd seen this before somewhere:

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

Funny, though.

bob sacamano · Post by **bob sacamano** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:55 am

Golden Flyer wrote:
2R wrote:With what ???
... lmao. A Pogo Stick

Smurfjet wrote:Or a matchstick...

Howbout both?

Aviatard wrote:Hmm. I thought I'd seen this before somewhere:

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

Funny, though.

Yes, I did not write this. The idea of the smurfs being commies has been around for ever.

The Slug · Post by **The Slug** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:16 pm

I always had the Smurfs pegged as a clean community of hippies - never really thought to assign a political view to them. I believe the mushroom buildings in their village were drawn to look like the hallucinogenic variety.
The origin of the name 'Smurf' was always what I pondered. Does anyone know the origin of the name? I have an idea, but it is unconfirmed.
Good to know there are so many other fans out there! And to all you who put down my beloved, but pathetic, Riders in another thread, Smurf You!

heavymetal · Post by **heavymetal** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:54 pm

I'm pretty sure Teddy Ruxpin was a pinko commie bastard too. Good thing the Transformers took care of that for us. Got him and that crazy caterpillar looking son of a bitch Grubby.

mellow_pilot · Post by **mellow_pilot** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:09 am

Anyone ever watch the orginal Hercules? All the bloody monsters sounded the same...