Monday, February 20, 2006

Today's research paper
I've been working on an interactive map of Washington State (really) as part of my series, "States that could fall into the sea and nobody would care, and would actually be celebrated with a holiday," and came across this gem ... Yes Seattle has quite a good name in worldwide  ratbastardcommie circles. 

Comrade Homer Simpson

Comrade Homer at Red SquareOur generation is the most radical in decades. Hundreds of thousands of militant youth all around the world fight against capitalist domination: in Seattle, Prague, Genoa, Jakarta, Buenos Aires, Geneva, and also in Berlin.

Principally responsible for this are the Simpsons.

Comrade Simpson is one of the best communist agitators in histoy. Every day at 7pm Red Homer tells us about the merciless struggle of the workers against exploitation and the glorious socialist society of the future.

How else could one explain the representation of the capitalist class on the Simpsons? Mr. Burns is not exactly a tribute to the generosity of the bosses. He is old, crippled, without friends, evil though and though. Like every capitalist he is prepared to steal candy from a baby or block out the sun when profits are at stake.

They have the plant
but we have the power!

These are but a few of the countless examples of revolutionary propaganda in the Simpsons. Besides the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Luxemburg, and other great revolutionaries, the works of Comrade Homer serve as inspiration on the road to socialism.

Comrade Lenin as a guest star on The Simpsons Comrade Lenin even showed up! In a new episode the Soviet Union is spontaneously brought back to life. Lenin's preserved corpse opens its eyes, punches through the glass of the coffin, and leaves the mausoleum like a Frankenstein monster: Must...destroy...capitalism! Grrr. If only that would happen in real life!

//by Wladek from Berlin //German original in wire #1


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think this guy is reading into this a little too much....

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