Blue Skin, Red Heart

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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