a friend of mine sent me this very werid conspiracy.. The Smurfs Were Communists! By Dave Morgan 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?
sure why not, works for me. Yes most people tend to loose the fact that our country started off as a communal group in an effort to survive.
There's also a theory that Smurf was supposed to represent the name Smith. A very common, very American name. It was said that this was to help children associate themselves with communism and to desensitize them as to the ways of communist living. I'd be really interested to hear pressed rats viewpoint on this. . .
i had to read that stuff in high school. my teacher also made us watch wizard of oz while listening to pink floyd and watch easy rider... and learn to tie dye. ahaha. he was the best.
yeah, well I guess ant colonies and bee colonies are all communist too, because each ant and bee are assigned certain tasks, and they do what they need for the colony. so, they are communist too.
Aside from what has already been mentioned, there is TONS of veiled references and esoteric symbolism in the Smurfs cartoons, mainly dealing with things like black magic and occultism. Papa Smurf is the "White" Witchdoctor who is protecting his people with incantations, rituals and potions. Gargamel is the "Black" or evil witchdoctor always trying to cast an evil spell on the Smurfs so he can control them for eternity. They really seem to like to push this stuff on little kids for some reason, kind of like with all the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings sensationalism that's been going on for the past few years. Programs and movies aimed at children especially are filled with all sorts of subliminals and veiled references. It's all part of what is referred to as predictive programming.
it was cause we had finished the semesters work already. we had a few days of fun, so we could have one less class that causes stress with finals.
They were kicked off of several latin american countries for being satanic because of all the magic. You remember the teletubies. The purple one was gay. Why only the purple one? They all seemed a little gay. I'm sure all cartoons are someones propaganda to turn our kids into gay little commi witches who can read well.