'Communism for Kids' Fails to Make Amazon.com Top 100 Rankings

Cybercast News Service ^ | April 13, 2017 | 10:16 AM EDT | Craig Bannister

[Olog-hai]

A new book that sells the concept of Communism “in the simple terms of a children’s story” has failed to sell on Amazon.com — except in the category for true believers.

“Communism for Kids” by MIT Press “unfolds like a story, with jealous princesses, fancy swords, displaced peasants, mean bosses, and tired workers,” its Amazon.com page explains. […]

Scathing customer reviews give the book a rating of only 1.7 out of 5 stars, with comments noting communism has killed “over 60 million people” and asking, “If Communism is so great why are they selling the book. Isn’t that capitalism?” …

[Billthedrill]

I would hope the authors didn't intend to make a (shudders) profit off this little tome. That would be ideologically impure.

[Teacher317]

I read “A Children’s Story”, a very short book (4300 words) by James Clavell, when I was in 4th grade, and it taught me how dangerous Communism is, and how fast it can be injected into children. I highly recommend it.

[Teacher317]

Here is the full version:

http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/tcs.pdf