Everyone knows that Daffy Duck is a draft-dodger and Donald Duck is a capitalist stooge, but what about their cartoon comrades? Well...
Click here to see dozens of vintage animations mashed up with The Communist Manifesto.
Click here to see the opposing point of view.
[First link via bOING bOING. Directed by Jesse Drew, 1996. Second link via the first link. Directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, 1948.]
Cartoons on Communism: Point-Counterpoint
Comments to "Cartoons on Communism: Point-Counterpoint":
TheDumbFish | November 14, 2006, 4:11pm | #
Mickey Mouse's dog was gay.joe | November 14, 2006, 4:53pm | #
imported doubletalk.It wasn't until then that I noticed the snake-oil salesman was considerably darker than the other characters.
Deus ex Machina | November 14, 2006, 5:40pm | #
I thought it was Donald's uncle Scrooge McDuck who was the arch-capitalist of the Disney family.Jesse Walker | November 14, 2006, 5:46pm | #
I thought it was Donald's uncle Scrooge McDuck who was the arch-capitalist of the Disney family.He's the capitalist. Donald's the stooge.
Jim Walsh | November 14, 2006, 6:05pm | #
Mickey Mouse's dog was gay.Yeah...I heard he was "F---ing Goofy"...
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FinFangFoom | November 14, 2006, 6:08pm | #
What no Worker and Parasite?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iDGFbuHDgo
Lost_In_Translation | November 14, 2006, 7:05pm | #
Daffy Duck was a Duck Dodger as well.Ken Shultz | November 14, 2006, 8:14pm | #
Marxists would do better for themselves if they didn't ramble so.Speaking of cartoons, how can I access Reason cartoon archives with this new fangled look you folks got?
TheDumbFish | November 15, 2006, 8:18am | #
Speaking of cartoons, how can I access Reason cartoon archives with this new fangled look you folks got?Top right corner.