From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 14:19:21 MST
--- John Grigg <starman2100@lycos.com> wrote:
> Greg,
>
> I think we need to have Alexander Sheppard and other extrolist
> "marxist-socialists" become roommates in an "enlightened" scenario
> such as the one your hilarious article describes! ; ) I would love
> to see a website cam provided to capture all the priceless little
> moments they would have. Socio-economic commentary from Greg Burch
> and others could be overlaid onto the action so things could be put
> into the proper perspective.
>
> I remember my roommate days fondly. We had Miguel, a very nice guy
> who was a true "apartment marxist" if you ever met one. He waxed
> poetic on how he, myself, Keith, Jeff, and Grant would all live in
> our little "dungeon" apartment utopia where we would share everything
> in a state of total harmony. But the problem was things broke down
> JUST as described in the Onion article, except that we broke out into
> a full-fledged civil(uncivil) war followed by a cold one!
>
> In the end we all moved out and it took a long time for us to get
> back on speaking terms...
>
> So I know from bitter experience that apartment marxism(and
> overpopulation!) just don't work.
Yes, apartment marxists are surely found out for the fakes they are
when you start raiding their refrigerator goodies! ;)
Imagine the dialogue in a REAL "Big Brother" episode:
Freidrich: Zees are mein six-pack, und mein chocolate pudding, und mein
cheeze wiz! Vy haff you eaten mein stuffenstuff!?!?
Ayn: Hey, Freddie, you said you were a socialist, that from each
according to his abilities, and to each according to his needs. Well, I
really needed some pudding and cheeze wiz this morning to deal with the
hangover I got from drinking your beer last night, which I needed to
drink to deal with your socialist ranting screed last night.
Freidrich: But what are your abilities going to contribute?
Ayn: Well, since I never learned anything in the socialist public
school system, I can't get a job with no skills, so the best thing I've
been able to do is make you some Origami swans with pages ripped out of
this month's issue of Marxist Today. See? I made these for you!!!
Freidrich: AARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
... homicide sequence follows....
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