Communist Quiz Show (Monty Python classic to dishonor Marx on his birthday)

YouTube ^ | October 13, 2007 | Monty Python

[DoodleBob]

And the first question is for you, Karl Marx. The Hammers - The Hammers is the nickname of what English football team?

[DoodleBob]

Marx's birthday should be a global day of mourning. Alas it is not. Therefore, I am posting this classic bit (as played at the Hollywood Bowl) to dishonor this stain on the planet.

[Fai Mao]

The only Marx worth knowing about about

https://youtu.be/n4zRe_wvJw8

[Gay State Conservative]

Monty Python on Communism

And again

[DoodleBob]

Indeed...and let's not forget Richard Marx-Satisfied

[DoodleBob]

Great stuff.

And Marx is claiming he was offsides...

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[Gay State Conservative]

"Let's see if Marx can put some life in this German attack"...funny stuff.

It's curious that John Cleese also mentions Wittgenstein when scolding Manuel about his Siberian hamster.If you listen carefully to Python the Oxford/Cambridge pedigree shines through.

[Reily]

Like the “Philosophers Song” in the Bruce- Wallamalaya University sketch!

[IronJack]

Hampshire?

[Mr Ramsbotham]

It's curious that John Cleese also mentions Wittgenstein when scolding Manuel about his Siberian hamster.If you listen carefully to Python the Oxford/Cambridge pedigree shines through.

I've always thought the "Cheese Shop" sketch was a satire on the communist phenomenon whereby shops were open for business that had absolutely no goods to sell. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit, but it really comes across that way!

[Tzimisce]

For later

[Hieronymus]

Very good. I hadn’t seen that one before.

[lightman]

Right...and you can teach the socialist philosophers provided you say that they are WRONG!

[Cronos]

In my humble opinion it is worth reading or rather studying both the Das Kapital and the MeinKamppf. After reading both of them I really disagree with both. The MK is easier to disagree with as it reads like the deranged writings of a madman along with quite a few errors

The DK on the other hand is very erudite, very convincing and in the context of the 1850s gave comfort against the aristocratic elites. however it utterly forgets about human nature and its proposed solution is worse than the problem.

[Fai Mao]

I agree.

Marx did not understand what money is/was. He thought of it as a fixed pie and that if you have a billion dollars I might not have enough. With modern, convertible currencies (paper money) The fact that you are a billionaire no longer means I cannot have enough. That was true in the middle-ages but no longer is true.

Marx theory also explains everything and is irrefutable (According to Marx) because it can explain the whole of history and absolutely predict the future. The philosopher of science, Karl Popper destroyed communism with the maxim, “Any theory that explains everything actually explains nothing.” In explaining everything Marx’s theory proves its falsity.