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The Onion: Marxists' Apartment a Microcosm of Why Marxism Doesn't Work

The fact that I'm posting about this at all is proof I'm an insomniac and really need to tear myself away from my computer, but I simply can't resist pointing readers to this hilarious Onion post "Marxists' Apartment a Microcosm of Why Marxism Doesn't Work"; a sample:

"The history of society is the inexorable history of class struggle," said sixth-year undergraduate Kirk Dorff, 23, resting his feet on a coffee table cluttered with unpaid bills, crusted cereal bowls, and bongwater-stained socialist pamphlets. "The stage is set for the final struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, the true productive class. We're well aware of that here at 514 W. Elm Street, unlike other apartments on this supposedly intellectual campus."

and:

"We were creating an exciting new model for living," said Dorff, stubbing his cigarette into an ashtray that had not been emptied in six days. "It was like we were dismantling the apparatus of the state right within our own living space."

Despite the roommates' optimism, the system began to break down soon after its establishment. To settle disputes, the roommates held weekly meetings of the "Committee of Three."

and:

The roommates have also tried to implement a food-sharing system, with similarly poor results. The dream of equal distribution of shared goods quickly gave way to pilferage, misallocation, and hoarding.

Off to bed now for me...

Posted by Russell Whitaker at November 15, 2002 2:13 AM | TrackBack