Okay, so people see what they want to see, when reality is slightly different.
That is not a peace sign on the flag, that is a skull. Hence the pixels show that it is not a round circle, and that the spacing inbetween the gaps are not the same, as they are in a peace sign.
OR, instead of Mario being communist from wearing red, he is actually wearing the colors represented by the country he is supposedly comming from, Italy.
The Italian flag is green, white, and red. Hence, Maria is red and white, Luigi is green and white.
Communism? If you want to believe that ok.
OMG!!! WTF???? Is this for real?!?!? Mario?? Communist?? Skull??? This can’t be!?!??! Democrats unite against Miyamoto and his horrific ideals of communist propaganda!! We must put an end to Nintendo’s subtle reign of political innuendo!! Their communist ideologies are seeping into the minds of decent hardworking Americans!!!! Soon they will all quit their jobs, surrender their children into slavery and join the church of satan!!!! GOD HELP US
I am utterly sickened by this article. But before I go off on a tangent I would like you to know that I am strongly against communism, that type of government may work on paper, but are there any countrys that are doing better communist than any developed capitalist countries…NO!!! Okay now to debunk this utterly stupid idea of videogames being used as communist propoganda. Just because Mario wears red makes him in no way communist. Communism has not copyrighted the color red, and I must remind you that 7 stripes on the American flag are red. NPCs in Super Mario are stupid because of programming limitations at the time the game was made intellegent NPCs were impossible, in all of the games of the time it seemed like every NPC just sprayed repetitive catch phrases. King Koopa was not a popular leader, he was opressive, and unliked. If some guy kidnaped your girlfried and there wen’t any police what would you do? The symbol the author says is the peace symbol, is not in fact the peace symbol it is the symbol of the OPESSIVE King Koopa. When you really look at it the only resemblence between Mario and Stalin is a moustache. This Moustache had to be added by the game makers because of the fact that without the moustache his face just looked like a skin colored blob, you can change remove the moustache in paint or photoshop and you will know what I am talking about. I hope this convinces you that mario is in no way a communist icon.
this site is no joke, I work on Mario project in 1980s to help bring truth to capitalist pigs in decadent west….you all know mario so joke is on you hahaha
um, seriously, you people are taking this too far. It is so obvious that the website is a joke, especially with the cartoons. Sheesh. Anyway, i totally agree with george. And as for the redmario! guy, you numbnuts. What an idiot.
As someone who has lost relatives during the communist revolution, and almost was not born because of it, I find it hilarious that some people take this seriously.
hey blake, please proofread your post before you post, or else you look like a little grade schooler who can’t quite figure out how to type or spell. but wouldn’t the fact that king koopa was supposedly “oppresive” and “unliked” be propaganda of a sort? i would think so. it’s just like how we make fun of our presidents, like OR unliked with caricatures that display them with over-the-topnegatives. so what if this is true or not; let the ones with hot-wind blow, it’ll be obvious if it’s truth or not, and if its not then at least they were seeking it out. and if they happen to have done this “expose” with only humor in mind, wouldn’t it be better to just sit back and laugh? chill out. it’s not like you’re being called a communist sympathizer for having played mario games.
My god people, it was obviously a joke. Anyone who looked at that and thought it was a real argument is an idiot. And kairiki, it’s difficult for normal people to criticize others while making the same mistake they are criticizing for (ie: telling someone they have poor typing skills, then not capitalising a single sentence)
“But before I go off on a tangent I would like you to know that I am strongly against communism, that type of government may work on paper, but are there any countrys that are doing better communist than any developed capitalist countries…NO!!!”
1st off, Communism isnt a Government, its an economic system your fucking retard. 2nd, there hasnt been any Communisnt country in existance. Communism has the lack of 1. State 2. Hierarchy and 3. Money. All so called “Communist Countrys” had/have all of these things, thus they are not communist but rather socialist dictatorships. Not saying that socialism is bad, because there is a thing called Democratic Socialism. Socialism is also an ECONOMIC system, not a government.
It is quite obvious to all people seeking the truth that you people are a bunch of morons.
Communism does exist, did exist, and sadly enough will continue to exist…
why do you spend time arguing if Mario was communist or not? I know that lots of people who could be called “mario fanatics” exist and would probably punch me for what I am about to say.
I do not doubt that Mario was made with these subtle touches.
Does it matter?
If Mario was made by communists, it wouldn’t change anything. If these communist influences succeeded in doing anything it was making a new american icon in the 80’s. Also, communism isn’t as evil as some people would claim, it all makes perfect sense to the downtrodden majority of third world countries.
Well I dont have any more time to waste.
communism has never been acheived by any socialist nation(China, USSR, none of them acheived it. because if they had, then they wouldnt suck as much as they have and did). Of course, most people who havent read a few pages of marx and engels wouldn’t know what the hell i’m talking about. If you want to know what communism truly is and what it truly strives to acheive, go visit http://www.marxists.org. i warn you, this stuff isnt for dipwads with 3rd grade reading comprehension and the attention span of a gnat, so read the stuff with plenty of time and free thought if you ever get around to it.
If you still come unconvinced of what i tell you, read something from trotsky and others on taht site, because then you’d come to know that the USSR during and post stalin became a degenerated worker’s state, and others have gone so far as calling the USSR a STATE CAPITALIST nation.
im gonna say this outright: MARIO IS OBVIOUSLY NOT TRULY AT ALL COMMUNIST!! He is the big image of a multimillion dollar corporation(nintendo), and being a corporation, nintendo obviously thrives on world capitalism. it gives products to people on the freemarket, just like any other company, and i think its pretty much impossible for a succesful company to call itself communist, as its complete bullshit.
in the end, i beg everyone with half a brain, a decent attention span, and time to kill go and read any and all marxist literature, either through the web, or at your library(pick up the communist manifesto or das kapital, both by karl marx), so that that way you dont look like a complete idiot when you make assumptions about things you dont even understand. enough said.
Hey guys,
I’m the owner of the Communist Mario website. I didn’t write the “article” myself (though I wish I could take credit for it). I merely archived it for posterity before the site that created it went belly-up. When that happened a few years ago, I decided to stick it on the webserver on my PC and submitted it to Google. I figured that, maybe once in a blue moon, someone with WAY too much time on his/her hands would find it buried deep in the search results and get a good laugh. I never did anything to advertise/promote the site beyond submitting it to Google.
A few months later, when I noticed my Apache server log ballooning to several hundred MB, I realized that, somehow, it had gained wide recognition. My guess is that somebody must’ve found it (must’ve been a blue moon that night), and that person probably posted it on some message board somewhere, then several more people saw it and posted it, etc. Now this site is getting more than 100,000 separate hits per year, and all from word-of-mouth! I can’t think of any site that has ever gained such widespread popularity with absolutely no effort/competence on the part of the host.
So what’s my point? THE SITE IS A F***ING JOKE!!!! You know, one of those things that people like to laugh at? And if it wasn’t a very good joke as some of you are suggesting, then it wouldn’t have acheived such success entirely on its own.
So if you’re taking that site seriously, get over yourself. And if you realize it’s a joke and got a nice laugh from it, be proud of the fact that you have a good sense of humor. =)
Cheers,
–Kris http://www.aethiamud.org/communist_mario
just to let you guys know i found this site by accident, and i had to put my say in on this. mario is NOT a communist. i come from canada, and our flag has red on it. Does that make canada a communist country? no. does wearing a red tshirt make you a communist? no. I agree with blake. mario and luigi come from italy. it makes sense to have them be thier countries colours! and for f*cks sake, if mario were a commie, why was he invented in japan? i seem to remember that japan never was or is a communist country. Why would Miyamoto be a commie? Mario is the image of nintendo. he made them famous. why would nintendo want a communist as thier icon?
I’ll refer to my above statement about the site being a JOKE.
Yeah and you know what else? Dogs can’t talk! Let alone solve mysteries! The makers of Scooby Doo are just lying! 😛
Lighten up and stop taking everything so damn seriously! =)
–Kris http://www.aethiamud.org/communist_mario
how in any way did you think that this was a good joke that everyone would laugh out of..i mean you put so much thought and picked out sublte details that made sense…how was this funny…i dont get it
The truth will be settled. I worked on the design team for the original Mario. At that time we wanted nothing more than to overthrow the democratic pigs with the supperior communist force. I am so glad someone finally realized what we were doing. I LOVE MAO. I LOVE STALIN. GO MARIO.
P.S. My Friend George Hintos was responsible for communist star. Feel free to e-mail him. [email protected]
as a communist i would have to say the more paranoid capitalist slaves thinking every little thing from the smurfs to mario has them looking away from the coming of a socialist revolution and a new democracy ruled by the people and not evil capitalists with the initials gwb and a grammar level that makes anyone from texas cry due to stereotyping
workers of the world unite
as for the commie 4 life post it is nice to see that someone is there helping them think we are trying to influence them while doing so by actually not influencing them
well done comrade
Hahahahahahahahahaha. This is hilarious how stupid people can get when they can’t take a joke seriously.
Look, I’m 13 years old. I grew up playing the hell out of some Super Mario Brothers, and I still play it.
If you really think Mario is a Commie, then I laugh at you. I also laugh at people pretending to be supporters of the Communist government, (Stalin and Lenin, That was very funny. xD) and I laugh at you who start a giant argument over this one little joke of a flash movie.
I think it’s an interesting suggestion that Mario has some propaganda behind it. I wouldn’t doubt it myself. A lot of entertainment and media icons have had many subliminal messages in or with them. But seriously, this is just a joke. Nothing to get all up in arms about. So calm your asses down and shut the f–k up please. 🙂
i forgot i posted here till getting a reply, that said i made my post in utter seriousness though in a satirical manner about how much of a joke the communist mario thing is…
as for pretending support communism i truly do support communism and have since i read the communist manifesto, and before you put the counter-revolutionary traitor stalin in with the great vladimir lenin i advise you stfu and read the manifesto so you have atleast a small understanding of the subject…
furthermore it seems to me that until you posted your flame trolling post this was just a friendly forum
I invented communism. I built it with my own two hands. I wrote the Communist Manifesto and can count to infinity, twice. I created the color red, and wrote “The Color Purple.” Stalin and Lenin were both fruits of my womb… making Mario my grandchild.
Mario is a communist. He is as hard as the soviet hammer and as sharp as the sickle that crosses it.
I know Mario intimately, we hang out in our spare time. Our hobbies include throwing boomerangs, riding Yoshi, playing the jewharp, using our milkshakes to bring all the boys to the yard, and collecting coins.
STFU
LOL
JK
ROFL
IDK
BRB
WTF
RTFM
BTW
TTYL
BYOB
RSVP
TGIF
R2D2
PWNED
FYI
FAQ
IHOP
Hey guys,
Looks like this thread finally died. So, just for the record, THIS SITE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A REALLY FUNNY JOKE! I should know– It’s my site!
By the way, the URL has changed. It can now be found here, at its own domain name: http://www.communist-mario.com
Cheers,
–Kris
check this out http://seattleuntimely.com?episodeNum=22
These guys have taken it to another level by forcing it on Burger Time. I think they’re aware of it though.
God I love that game.
As you can guess from the URL linked by my username, I wrote a counter example to standard Mario as communist argument going around the internet. Yes, it was a joke, but I’m a die hard Mario fan, and I love any excuse to argue with someone who makes ridiculous claims about the series.
I don’t hate communism itself though. I have no opinion on that.
Hhey, I know this is a bit old, but it caught my eye ( just saw people’s mario 1st time on youtube, I need to get with the times, lol ), but–
Wasn’t Mario technically FIRST created in Donkey Kong? Like on the Atari? Could be wrong, but I think Nintendo Mario was evolved from THAT mario, and practically turned the donkey into a dinosaur and called him/it Bowser? If this is the case, Mario cant be a communist, hell — I think he was made in Japan, or wherever where they made that famicon or whatever it was called system.
And last but not least, who gives a rats but-toot if Mario is a communist??? HES IN A VIDEO GAME. Lets not forget the fact that there could be other characters that could be associated with things.
For instance, ( this could be kind of a bad example, but is a bit interesting ), the next time your in a Kohls department store, take a look at those clothes racks that hold pants. Hmmmm. The top looks like a swastika! They’re all over! Does this mean Kohls is run by nazis? No. Didnt think so ( well to my knowledge anyways, lol ). So therefore, Mario is wearing red, ok….So? What?
SomeUtopian your right about the origin of Mario being donkey Kong, and the communist thing being kinda ridiculous that’s why its so funny.
Kohls Department store however is in fact run by nazis, most department stores are, except the GAP it’s run by Itallian Fascists not nazis but most people dont know the difference
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Okay, so people see what they want to see, when reality is slightly different.
That is not a peace sign on the flag, that is a skull. Hence the pixels show that it is not a round circle, and that the spacing inbetween the gaps are not the same, as they are in a peace sign.
OR, instead of Mario being communist from wearing red, he is actually wearing the colors represented by the country he is supposedly comming from, Italy.
The Italian flag is green, white, and red. Hence, Maria is red and white, Luigi is green and white.
Communism? If you want to believe that ok.
oh, and i’m not saying you believe it
i’m commenting to the creator of the website
Wow……okay it’s funny somewhat but no…………. if that’s your belief………okay.
what a dumbass!!
Wow, a website that argues Mario was a communist, that couldn’t be simply a joke. We’d all better wet our pants and cry to our mommies.
OMG!!! WTF???? Is this for real?!?!? Mario?? Communist?? Skull??? This can’t be!?!??! Democrats unite against Miyamoto and his horrific ideals of communist propaganda!! We must put an end to Nintendo’s subtle reign of political innuendo!! Their communist ideologies are seeping into the minds of decent hardworking Americans!!!! Soon they will all quit their jobs, surrender their children into slavery and join the church of satan!!!! GOD HELP US
Wetting your pants isn’t enough to save us, I’m going to kill myself
I am utterly sickened by this article. But before I go off on a tangent I would like you to know that I am strongly against communism, that type of government may work on paper, but are there any countrys that are doing better communist than any developed capitalist countries…NO!!! Okay now to debunk this utterly stupid idea of videogames being used as communist propoganda. Just because Mario wears red makes him in no way communist. Communism has not copyrighted the color red, and I must remind you that 7 stripes on the American flag are red. NPCs in Super Mario are stupid because of programming limitations at the time the game was made intellegent NPCs were impossible, in all of the games of the time it seemed like every NPC just sprayed repetitive catch phrases. King Koopa was not a popular leader, he was opressive, and unliked. If some guy kidnaped your girlfried and there wen’t any police what would you do? The symbol the author says is the peace symbol, is not in fact the peace symbol it is the symbol of the OPESSIVE King Koopa. When you really look at it the only resemblence between Mario and Stalin is a moustache. This Moustache had to be added by the game makers because of the fact that without the moustache his face just looked like a skin colored blob, you can change remove the moustache in paint or photoshop and you will know what I am talking about. I hope this convinces you that mario is in no way a communist icon.
Ummm…isn’t it suppose to be a joke????
this site is no joke, I work on Mario project in 1980s to help bring truth to capitalist pigs in decadent west….you all know mario so joke is on you hahaha
um, seriously, you people are taking this too far. It is so obvious that the website is a joke, especially with the cartoons. Sheesh. Anyway, i totally agree with george. And as for the redmario! guy, you numbnuts. What an idiot.
It is a joke guys… take it easy.
As someone who has lost relatives during the communist revolution, and almost was not born because of it, I find it hilarious that some people take this seriously.
hey blake, please proofread your post before you post, or else you look like a little grade schooler who can’t quite figure out how to type or spell. but wouldn’t the fact that king koopa was supposedly “oppresive” and “unliked” be propaganda of a sort? i would think so. it’s just like how we make fun of our presidents, like OR unliked with caricatures that display them with over-the-topnegatives. so what if this is true or not; let the ones with hot-wind blow, it’ll be obvious if it’s truth or not, and if its not then at least they were seeking it out. and if they happen to have done this “expose” with only humor in mind, wouldn’t it be better to just sit back and laugh? chill out. it’s not like you’re being called a communist sympathizer for having played mario games.
DUDE I am switching over to communism right now. Mario has shown me a better alternative.
My god people, it was obviously a joke. Anyone who looked at that and thought it was a real argument is an idiot. And kairiki, it’s difficult for normal people to criticize others while making the same mistake they are criticizing for (ie: telling someone they have poor typing skills, then not capitalising a single sentence)
“But before I go off on a tangent I would like you to know that I am strongly against communism, that type of government may work on paper, but are there any countrys that are doing better communist than any developed capitalist countries…NO!!!”
1st off, Communism isnt a Government, its an economic system your fucking retard. 2nd, there hasnt been any Communisnt country in existance. Communism has the lack of 1. State 2. Hierarchy and 3. Money. All so called “Communist Countrys” had/have all of these things, thus they are not communist but rather socialist dictatorships. Not saying that socialism is bad, because there is a thing called Democratic Socialism. Socialism is also an ECONOMIC system, not a government.
The mario commie thing is BS.
But are you seriously saying there has never been a communist country?
Soviet Union?
China?
It is quite obvious to all people seeking the truth that you people are a bunch of morons.
Communism does exist, did exist, and sadly enough will continue to exist…
why do you spend time arguing if Mario was communist or not? I know that lots of people who could be called “mario fanatics” exist and would probably punch me for what I am about to say.
I do not doubt that Mario was made with these subtle touches.
Does it matter?
If Mario was made by communists, it wouldn’t change anything. If these communist influences succeeded in doing anything it was making a new american icon in the 80’s. Also, communism isn’t as evil as some people would claim, it all makes perfect sense to the downtrodden majority of third world countries.
Well I dont have any more time to waste.
communism has never been acheived by any socialist nation(China, USSR, none of them acheived it. because if they had, then they wouldnt suck as much as they have and did). Of course, most people who havent read a few pages of marx and engels wouldn’t know what the hell i’m talking about. If you want to know what communism truly is and what it truly strives to acheive, go visit http://www.marxists.org. i warn you, this stuff isnt for dipwads with 3rd grade reading comprehension and the attention span of a gnat, so read the stuff with plenty of time and free thought if you ever get around to it.
If you still come unconvinced of what i tell you, read something from trotsky and others on taht site, because then you’d come to know that the USSR during and post stalin became a degenerated worker’s state, and others have gone so far as calling the USSR a STATE CAPITALIST nation.
im gonna say this outright: MARIO IS OBVIOUSLY NOT TRULY AT ALL COMMUNIST!! He is the big image of a multimillion dollar corporation(nintendo), and being a corporation, nintendo obviously thrives on world capitalism. it gives products to people on the freemarket, just like any other company, and i think its pretty much impossible for a succesful company to call itself communist, as its complete bullshit.
in the end, i beg everyone with half a brain, a decent attention span, and time to kill go and read any and all marxist literature, either through the web, or at your library(pick up the communist manifesto or das kapital, both by karl marx), so that that way you dont look like a complete idiot when you make assumptions about things you dont even understand. enough said.
Hey guys,
I’m the owner of the Communist Mario website. I didn’t write the “article” myself (though I wish I could take credit for it). I merely archived it for posterity before the site that created it went belly-up. When that happened a few years ago, I decided to stick it on the webserver on my PC and submitted it to Google. I figured that, maybe once in a blue moon, someone with WAY too much time on his/her hands would find it buried deep in the search results and get a good laugh. I never did anything to advertise/promote the site beyond submitting it to Google.
A few months later, when I noticed my Apache server log ballooning to several hundred MB, I realized that, somehow, it had gained wide recognition. My guess is that somebody must’ve found it (must’ve been a blue moon that night), and that person probably posted it on some message board somewhere, then several more people saw it and posted it, etc. Now this site is getting more than 100,000 separate hits per year, and all from word-of-mouth! I can’t think of any site that has ever gained such widespread popularity with absolutely no effort/competence on the part of the host.
So what’s my point? THE SITE IS A F***ING JOKE!!!! You know, one of those things that people like to laugh at? And if it wasn’t a very good joke as some of you are suggesting, then it wouldn’t have acheived such success entirely on its own.
So if you’re taking that site seriously, get over yourself. And if you realize it’s a joke and got a nice laugh from it, be proud of the fact that you have a good sense of humor. =)
Cheers,
–Kris
http://www.aethiamud.org/communist_mario
just to let you guys know i found this site by accident, and i had to put my say in on this. mario is NOT a communist. i come from canada, and our flag has red on it. Does that make canada a communist country? no. does wearing a red tshirt make you a communist? no. I agree with blake. mario and luigi come from italy. it makes sense to have them be thier countries colours! and for f*cks sake, if mario were a commie, why was he invented in japan? i seem to remember that japan never was or is a communist country. Why would Miyamoto be a commie? Mario is the image of nintendo. he made them famous. why would nintendo want a communist as thier icon?
I’ll refer to my above statement about the site being a JOKE.
Yeah and you know what else? Dogs can’t talk! Let alone solve mysteries! The makers of Scooby Doo are just lying! 😛
Lighten up and stop taking everything so damn seriously! =)
–Kris
http://www.aethiamud.org/communist_mario
Woot! Go Communism!
how in any way did you think that this was a good joke that everyone would laugh out of..i mean you put so much thought and picked out sublte details that made sense…how was this funny…i dont get it
The truth will be settled. I worked on the design team for the original Mario. At that time we wanted nothing more than to overthrow the democratic pigs with the supperior communist force. I am so glad someone finally realized what we were doing. I LOVE MAO. I LOVE STALIN. GO MARIO.
P.S. My Friend George Hintos was responsible for communist star. Feel free to e-mail him. [email protected]
as a communist i would have to say the more paranoid capitalist slaves thinking every little thing from the smurfs to mario has them looking away from the coming of a socialist revolution and a new democracy ruled by the people and not evil capitalists with the initials gwb and a grammar level that makes anyone from texas cry due to stereotyping
workers of the world unite
as for the commie 4 life post it is nice to see that someone is there helping them think we are trying to influence them while doing so by actually not influencing them
well done comrade
Hahahahahahahahahaha. This is hilarious how stupid people can get when they can’t take a joke seriously.
Look, I’m 13 years old. I grew up playing the hell out of some Super Mario Brothers, and I still play it.
If you really think Mario is a Commie, then I laugh at you. I also laugh at people pretending to be supporters of the Communist government, (Stalin and Lenin, That was very funny. xD) and I laugh at you who start a giant argument over this one little joke of a flash movie.
I think it’s an interesting suggestion that Mario has some propaganda behind it. I wouldn’t doubt it myself. A lot of entertainment and media icons have had many subliminal messages in or with them. But seriously, this is just a joke. Nothing to get all up in arms about. So calm your asses down and shut the f–k up please. 🙂
Wow. My post is the newest on here in months. Holy shit. xD
i forgot i posted here till getting a reply, that said i made my post in utter seriousness though in a satirical manner about how much of a joke the communist mario thing is…
as for pretending support communism i truly do support communism and have since i read the communist manifesto, and before you put the counter-revolutionary traitor stalin in with the great vladimir lenin i advise you stfu and read the manifesto so you have atleast a small understanding of the subject…
furthermore it seems to me that until you posted your flame trolling post this was just a friendly forum
I invented communism. I built it with my own two hands. I wrote the Communist Manifesto and can count to infinity, twice. I created the color red, and wrote “The Color Purple.” Stalin and Lenin were both fruits of my womb… making Mario my grandchild.
Mario is a communist. He is as hard as the soviet hammer and as sharp as the sickle that crosses it.
I know Mario intimately, we hang out in our spare time. Our hobbies include throwing boomerangs, riding Yoshi, playing the jewharp, using our milkshakes to bring all the boys to the yard, and collecting coins.
STFU
LOL
JK
ROFL
IDK
BRB
WTF
RTFM
BTW
TTYL
BYOB
RSVP
TGIF
R2D2
PWNED
FYI
FAQ
IHOP
Hey guys,
Looks like this thread finally died. So, just for the record, THIS SITE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A REALLY FUNNY JOKE! I should know– It’s my site!
By the way, the URL has changed. It can now be found here, at its own domain name: http://www.communist-mario.com
Cheers,
–Kris
Look here u guys this is a funny joke and
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no commie he was a fascist he helped
me and Mussolini in WW2
Also if u want to disscuss my beliefs
im twelve and my phone number
is 1256 437 9240 ask 4 logan williams
Also call anytime from 3pm to 11pm
check this out
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These guys have taken it to another level by forcing it on Burger Time. I think they’re aware of it though.
God I love that game.
Mario is a godamn commie support america and play freedom games like sonic and halo
Mario was made by Nintendo. Nintendo is Japanese. Not Russian. Think about it. If you can.
As you can guess from the URL linked by my username, I wrote a counter example to standard Mario as communist argument going around the internet. Yes, it was a joke, but I’m a die hard Mario fan, and I love any excuse to argue with someone who makes ridiculous claims about the series.
I don’t hate communism itself though. I have no opinion on that.
Hhey, I know this is a bit old, but it caught my eye ( just saw people’s mario 1st time on youtube, I need to get with the times, lol ), but–
Wasn’t Mario technically FIRST created in Donkey Kong? Like on the Atari? Could be wrong, but I think Nintendo Mario was evolved from THAT mario, and practically turned the donkey into a dinosaur and called him/it Bowser? If this is the case, Mario cant be a communist, hell — I think he was made in Japan, or wherever where they made that famicon or whatever it was called system.
And last but not least, who gives a rats but-toot if Mario is a communist??? HES IN A VIDEO GAME. Lets not forget the fact that there could be other characters that could be associated with things.
For instance, ( this could be kind of a bad example, but is a bit interesting ), the next time your in a Kohls department store, take a look at those clothes racks that hold pants. Hmmmm. The top looks like a swastika! They’re all over! Does this mean Kohls is run by nazis? No. Didnt think so ( well to my knowledge anyways, lol ). So therefore, Mario is wearing red, ok….So? What?
SomeUtopian your right about the origin of Mario being donkey Kong, and the communist thing being kinda ridiculous that’s why its so funny.
Kohls Department store however is in fact run by nazis, most department stores are, except the GAP it’s run by Itallian Fascists not nazis but most people dont know the difference