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MIT Press Publishes ‘Communism for Kids' Book
'Lovable little revolutionaries' teach children communism is 'not that hard'
MIT Press is out with a new book that teaches children the tenets of Karl Marx with fairy tales.
Communism for Kids, written by a German author who specializes in political theory and "queer politics," was released last month. The thesis of the children's book is that communism is "not that hard," but has not been implemented in the right way.
"Once upon a time, people yearned to be free of the misery of capitalism. How could their dreams come true?" a plot synopsis for the book reads. "This little book proposes a different kind of communism, one that is true to its ideals and free from authoritarianism."
The book is full of cartoon drawings of "lovable little revolutionaries" that help navigate kids through the "evils" of capitalism.
An illustration from the book:
Where in the world did our kids get the idea to break things in protest? It's only permissible if they protest capitalism.
- Why did you smash that thing with a hammer, little girl?
- I was protesting against capitalism.
- Run along then, and forget I asked.
The little girl's armpit hair is especially disturbing. I understand it must be a nod to feminism, and far be it from me to dictate rules of body hygiene to any women and their consenting partners.
The reason it's disturbing is because little girls don't have armpit hair.
So the book's authors either have never had children themselves and forgot their own childhood, or they are perverts who fantasize about a world where little girls have armpit hair or where adult women with armpit hair look, dress, and behave like little girls and break things they don't or won't understand.
All options are bad and I don't know which one is worse.
Some of the little girls in the picture also have hairy chests and three-day stubble on their faces. Once again, I understand that the author specializes in "queer politics," but grown unshaven men who are dressed, look, and behave like prepubescent girls is way beyond the scope of "queer politics," let alone the scope of communism. At the minimum it shouldn't be directed towards kids.
There is a possibility, of course, that the "kids" the authors and the publishers have in mind are the perpetual children of advanced age that populate the academia and other "intellectual" institutions of the Western world. Not only do these "lovable little revolutionaries" refuse to grow up and act like adults - they must be entering a new stage in their evolution, where they are addressed as kids and have picture books published for them by MIT, touching on their favorite fairy tale, communism.
Some critics have mentioned that the book's language is so heavy and convoluted that no normal child would be able to read it or understand. But if the above theory is correct, everything falls into place and all cognitive dissonance disappears - just like the evils of capitalism in this fairy tale book.
MIT Press Publishes ‘Communism for Kids' Book
'Lovable little revolutionaries' teach children communism is 'not that hard'
MIT Press is out with a new book that teaches children the tenets of Karl Marx with fairy tales.
"Once upon a time, people yearned to be free of the misery of capitalism. How could their dreams come true?" a plot synopsis for the book reads. "This little book proposes a different kind of communism, one that is true to its ideals and free from authoritarianism."
The book is full of cartoon drawings of "lovable little revolutionaries" that help navigate kids through the "evils" of capitalism.
An illustration from the book:
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Where in the world did our kids get the idea to break things in protest? It's only permissible if they protest capitalism.
- I was protesting against capitalism.
- Run along then, and forget I asked.
The little girl's armpit hair is especially disturbing. I understand it must be a nod to feminism, and far be it from me to dictate rules of body hygiene to any women and their consenting partners.
The reason it's disturbing is because little girls don't have armpit hair.
So the book's authors either have never had children themselves and forgot their own childhood, or they are perverts who fantasize about a world where little girls have armpit hair or where adult women with armpit hair look, dress, and behave like little girls and break things they don't or won't understand.
All options are bad and I don't know which one is worse.
Some of the little girls in the picture also have hairy chests and three-day stubble on their faces. Once again, I understand that the author specializes in "queer politics," but grown unshaven men who are dressed, look, and behave like prepubescent girls is way beyond the scope of "queer politics," let alone the scope of communism. At the minimum it shouldn't be directed towards kids.
There is a possibility, of course, that the "kids" the authors and the publishers have in mind are the perpetual children of advanced age that populate the academia and other "intellectual" institutions of the Western world. Not only do these "lovable little revolutionaries" refuse to grow up and act like adults - they must be entering a new stage in their evolution, where they are addressed as kids and have picture books published for them by MIT, touching on their favorite fairy tale, communism.
Some critics have mentioned that the book's language is so heavy and convoluted that no normal child would be able to read it or understand. But if the above theory is correct, everything falls into place and all cognitive dissonance disappears - just like the evils of capitalism in this fairy tale book.
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