The Smurfs: Spreading dissent through Communism

[Jenny-talia]

 

Okay, I know it sounds crazy. I didn't believe it myself at first. Then I started thinking about it, and it starts getting scary.

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 was stored away in those 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 a "consumer Smurf," or saw his labor exploited by another. 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 what you 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. Everyone accepted 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 same color 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 from their relationship to the arch-villian Gargamel. If you remember, the only thing that Gargamel wanted the Smurfs for was for his own profit. In the first 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 years when 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?

It makes you wonder why somebody didn't speak up about this before, especially during the 80's with Reagan in the Whitehouse

I guess nobody thought it worth their time.

Dave Morgan

[ddmac314]

Feb. 14, 2009 at 4:00 PM roflmao. People have said stuff about this before. Nothing new. :)

[tat2edmommyof2]

Feb. 15, 2009 at 11:11 AM

You're brilliant...

Are we actually going to get togehter for that beer before I move out of the area this summer?

[tat2edmommyof2]

Feb. 15, 2009 at 11:11 AM

Oh, and can I steal a link or something to share this with some of my friends on here? I have several in mind that would laugh their asses off...

[Fistandantalus]

Feb. 15, 2009 at 12:12 PM

Ah but what Mr. Morgan has not included in his evaluation is the History of Smurfs!  "Smurfs" were orignally called "Strumphs" and were designed to illustrate the effects of Nazi propaganda.  Specific Strumphs did not perform specific tasks; in fact, they were encouraged to try as many jobs as possible, which is why the original Strumph figures were dressed in a variety of job-related costumes.  However, occasionally a Strumph would "go bad" and begin biting other Strumphs on the tails.  A bitten Strumph would turn black and begin biting others; eventually all Strumphs in a village would turn black and begin marching back and forth.  The only way to return a Strumph from black to blue was a magic potion, the ingredients of which were difficult to obtain and only Papa Strumph was able to create the potion.  Typically the black Strumphs would imprison Papa Strumph and he would have to be rescued, usually with the help of a friendly forest critter who would chew through the top of the prison 'shroom and sneak him past the marching Strumphs.  Once the potion was made, it had to be slipped into the well so that all the marching Strumphs would eventually drink it and become normal again.  Then, they would all thank Papa Strumph and beg his forgiveness.

[Mom2BugandBear]

Feb. 21, 2009 at 6:38 AM

The Christian community was up-in-arms over the Smurfs, claiming it was teaching children witchcraft, and that the entire thing was about white magic v. black magic. The name of Azrael, Gargamel's cat, comes from the Angel of Death.