> >So Karl Marx dies and shows up at the gates of heaven to be met by > >Saint Peter. > > > >"Name?" asks Peter. > >"Marx, Karl Marx." replies the famous author. > >"Hmm," says Peter to himself, "why do I know that name?" > >"I am Marx," Marx said, beaming with pride, "founder of socialism > >and the driving force behind the communist ideal called Marxism." > >"I see," Peter said. "I'll have to check with God." > > > >So Peter rushes off to confer with God. God hears the name Marx > >and immediately a look of disgust infects His face. "Marx?" God > >says, "He's nothing but a trouble maker. Send him down to hell." > > > >So Peter happily signs the appropriate forms and deports Karl Marx > >to Satan's firy hell. > > > >Some time later, a free trade agreement is forged between Heaven and > >Hell. > >The deal is hailed by all to be a great economic leap forward that would > >revitalize both struggling economies. But soon after the treaty, > >God realizes that Heaven is no longer receiving any products > >from Hell. So he sends Saint Peter down to investigate. > > > >"Well?" asks Peter of Satan, "What's the hold up? We have an > >agreement!" > > > >Satan shrugs his shoulders, exasperated. "It's that Marx fellow," Satan > >replied. "Ever since he got down here, all we've had are strikes and > >labour demands. Productivity has dropped to zero!" > > > >"So?" Peter asks, "What would you have us do?" > > > >"Take him back. Take Marx back to Heaven, and I guarantee productivity > >will sky rocket!" > > > >So Peter agreed, on God's behalf, to accept Karl Marx back to Heaven. > > > >Some time later Satan realizes that Hell has not received any orders > >for product from Heaven. In fact, very little communication at all > >has leaked from Up Above. So, concerned for the economic welfare > >of Hell, he makes a trip to Heaven. > > > >"Peter! Peter, are you there?" Satan demands. > > > >"Yes, what is it?" Peter answers. > > > >"What's the hold up? What about the flow of trade?" > > > >"Oh I'm sorry," Peter said, "We have decided to adopt a Marxist > >isolationist stance. We are an intrinsic self-governed body that is > >now based on the needs of the prolitariate. It is our opinion that > >this free trade agreement only benefits the bourgeois." > > > >"What?!" Satan was furious. "I demand to speak to God!" > > > >Peter's eyebrow is raised in confusion. "Who?"
