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09 Sep 2011, 2:22 pm

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from the perspective of now, it's corny and not relevant to our society.


I wouldn't say that! It still explains the basic ideology of Communism in a more comprehensible manner than the Communist Manifesto of which many younger children cannot understand.


except that is doesn't even address marxism as more than egalitarianism.


Political ideologies do not necessarily have to be given a name in order to understand them. Two years ago I studied basic "Communism" primarily through the Animal Farm, and yet, the term Communism was never applied.


What pray tell is communism?


I'm not familiar with the term "pray tell".


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09 Sep 2011, 2:24 pm

Helixstein wrote:
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Helixstein wrote:
minervx wrote:
from the perspective of now, it's corny and not relevant to our society.


I wouldn't say that! It still explains the basic ideology of Communism in a more comprehensible manner than the Communist Manifesto of which many younger children cannot understand.


except that is doesn't even address marxism as more than egalitarianism.


Political ideologies do not necessarily have to be given a name in order to understand them. Two years ago I studied basic "Communism" primarily through the Animal Farm, and yet, the term Communism was never applied.


What pray tell is communism?


I'm not familiar with the term "pray tell".


it means please explain.


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09 Sep 2011, 2:25 pm

I read it at school (age 13 or 14 ish). I kind of took it literally, and wondered why we were reading a book about talking animals. :oops: The teacher laughed at me. Apparently we were supposed to have an understanding of politics, amongst other things, so we could relate books to the world around us. The guy had his head up his own ass most of the time. Me? I was too busy merely trying to survive another day to care about the rest of the world.