Two hungry bear cubs found a head of cheese the size of a good piglet lying in the grass.
“We must divide it equally, so as not to deprive anyone,” said the first.
“I am the eldest, I am entitled to more!” said the second and tried to take the cheese from his brother.
“I'm the youngest, I get more due!” the first one shouted.
They began to argue, and then even fight.
Suddenly, a fox emerged onto the clearing. With a sweet, honeyed voice, she offered:
“Please don't fight. Such nice little bears, such intelligent and fair-minded two brothers! Allow me to assist you in dividing this cheese equitably, to the satisfaction of all. Our aim is to foster a society where everyone's rights are upheld through the fair and just redistribution of resources— or in this case, cheese."
The brothers scratched their heads, exchanged glances, and handed the cheese to the fox. The fox proceeded to split the cheese into two halves, with the left side noticeably larger than the right.
"That's not equitable!" the cubs cried out. "Make it equal for both!"
"Ah, you are right," responded the fox, grinning. "Let's strive for equality in outcomes."
The fox took a bite out of the larger half of the cheese.
Now the other half was larger! The cubs shouted:
“It is unfair, it’s not equal!”
"And again, you speak truth," the fox sighed. "We'll need to take from this side as well. The lengths we go to for social justice!"
Even as the fox's mouth overflowed with cheese, the cubs persisted:
"It's still not fair! One part remains larger!"
The fox kept dividing cheese until only two small slices remained.
“You see,” she said. “Equity means an equal outcome. It's not much, but it is equal!”
The brothers stretched out their paws for the little slivers of cheese. The fox acted as she was just about to give it to them, but then she said:
"Wait a minute, kids! Have I not worked selflessly to ensure fairness and social justice? Surely I deserve some compensation? A small token, say, these two pieces?"
With that, she popped the remainder of the cheese into her mouth and vanished into the bushes, wagging her tail.
The brothers sat in silence, their stomachs still rumbling with hunger.

The moral: When you hear them say, "Social justice is about creating a fair and equitable society where everyone’s rights are recognized and protected, and decisions are made fairly and honestly," HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR CHEESE AND RUN!


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Submitted to the People’s Cube by Komrad Semyon. He stated that this was a translation from Hungarian folk tale “Two greedy bear cubs,” with some added narratives from Social Science.

On my part, I’d like to add that when I was still a tiny comrade in Ukraine, I read this tale in both Ukrainian and Russian. But the moral then was just the folly of greed, not the potential for greed to become a tool for the clever proponents of social justice to control and exploit us. So, bravo, Comrade Semyon.

Here‘s adding my two kopecks.

It was the cubs’ belief in the supremacy of “an equal share” over “a big share” that enabled the fox to eat their cheese. Without that belief, the fox would have to pound sand.

Applying that to human societies, capitalism allows unequal shares. But even the smallest shares in this system often surpass equal shares in socialist regimes, where governments exploit human envy and greed to maintain control and perpetuate poverty. And yet, it’s capitalism that is being maligned as greedy, while socialism isn't. In reality, as we can see, it’s the other way around.

Comrade, now you've got Joe Biden thinking about cheese.


Who did the beautiful illustration?

Colonel Obyezyana wrote: ↑

6/24/2023, 5:46 pm

Who did the beautiful illustration?

I redistributed it from a Soviet edition of this picture book. We had pretty good books for children, since many authors who didn't want to sell out to propaganda found it safer to write books for children. The same goes for graphic artists, especially considering that commercial art was non-existent, and propaganda art wasn't everybody's cup of beet vodka.

I also observed that neither of the bears ever earned any of that cheese, they found it. Neither was "entitled" to cheese. At the end of the story when it was gone, they were both right where they started; they are each still hungry AND mad at a well-fed fox who "earned" the whole cheese by selling an ideology in return for "redistributing" control of resources and ill-gotten gains.

So they all lived happily ever after. In gulag. As Vegans. With pronouns.

Sometimes a few cartoon frames can efficiently summarize a concept without getting into the weeds. Here are a few good examples:

Staffing Firm foxes eat Chicago illegals’ cheese.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/0 ... cago-city/

Does Social Studies include a chapter on this clever trick.

Colonel Obyezyana wrote: ↑

6/27/2023, 10:20 am

Sometimes a few cartoon frames can efficiently summarize a concept without getting into the weeds. Here are a few good examples

What has always bothered me about these cartoons, is why all three of these guys are watching the show from behind the fence. They didn't pay for tickets!

mi wrote: ↑

11/1/2023, 9:43 pm

Colonel Obyezyana wrote: ↑

6/27/2023, 10:20 am

Sometimes a few cartoon frames can efficiently summarize a concept without getting into the weeds. Here are a few good examples

What has always bothered me about these cartoons, is why all three of these guys are watching the show from behind the fence. They didn't pay for tickets!

Good point. In capitalism they would have the money to buy tickets and be in the bleachers too. 

In communism and socialism everyone in the bleachers is there because they have political pull or they have the social credits.
 

I think the bears should eat the fox. That's a happy ending!