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Greetings,
I just came across your website and thought maybe you can help me. I saw somewhere a cartoon with two characters – the factory boss explaining to his friend how he came to own a factory and be rich. It was around the creation of surplus value and accumulation. At the end he tells his friend not to be too loud as the workers may hear it. Yeah, it is a bit weird to explain it, but it would be great if you could help me with that.
thanks very much.
I think you are referring to this strip (http://www.sidewalkbubblegum.com/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i/). It’s actually two workers discussing surplus value but the worker on the right has internalized the corporate value system. So even though what his friend is saying makes a lot of sense he can only react with “ahhh, Bob’s a communist!” because he lacks the historical and economic understanding to fully comprehend what is being said. Basically it’s a funny little analogy about how working class folks are often their own worst enemies. This really applies to any group really – bankers, investors, democrats, republicans, environmentalists, etc. We tend to internalize the values of the system we inhabit whether it’s in our best interest or not or whether the solutions make sense for the situation. It’s about ideology as a reflex.
I think the user “E” may be referring to this:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lqvCrKJ5nmE/TCJEsSJrnRI/AAAAAAAAAeY/UjZVxYaivYc/s1600/mercadoria_capitalismo.gif
Hi, Clay,
Your work is simply the best I have ever seen! You had a good insight when you approached the “issues behind the issues”. That’s what real artists do to make a perennial work.
We’d like to use some of your strips in our political pamphlets (freely distributed among workers, students, homeless, etc). But we’re from Brazil, and to do that we have to translate them. Tell me if that’s ok.
Take a look at two of your strips translated into Portuguese using the font you make available in your website.
http://omarxistaleninista.blogspot.com/
Thanks
Thanks Glauber. Looks really good.
thanks so much comrades! There are all great cartoons, but it is not the one I meant. will let you know if I ever come across! Keep up the struggle, in solidarity, E
Maybe the user “E” is referring to this one: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/images/cartoon01.gif
Yes, this is the one, thanks so much!!!!!!!!!! Finally, I can posted in my FB. Thanks comrade and solidarity, E