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Communist propaganda


Power to the workers eh? There's even an ant quoting Marx "The workers control the means of production". Is this a socialist plot to indoctrinate the youth of today?

Probably not, what do you think?

Try and be objective with your thoughts...

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Power to the workers eh? There's even an ant quoting Marx "The workers control the means of production". Is this a socialist plot to indoctrinate the youth of today? Probably not, what do you think?


I always just thought that the Marx quoting ant was a clever, funny joke, not some attempt to under-handedly brainwaash the masses. Just another example of this film being more aimed at adults than kids.

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I don't get it.

The idea of 'the workers' or as I like to call them, the 'citizens' being in charge, as apposed to-- I dunno, the government, seems like a good idea, to me. Isn't that what democracy and stuff is founded upon?

What have I missed? Are we, the people, not meant to control this country, or what?

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It is so trivial that Antz has its own communist propaganda thread.

Moments like these make me feel adequate.

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The ants in his colony were already living under communism. Z was rebelling on behalf of individuality and against a purely collective place in society. That seems to be a direct contradiction to communism.

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