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Originally Posted by Livia

I think it#s like, an analogy, Marshy. Everyone got the same no matter how hard they worked. Geddit?

I love a good analogy as much as the next TiBB arsehole but LT has framed it as something that actually happened, rather than as the fictional cautionary tale it clearly is .

Also it doesn't even make sense as a cautionary tale for communism (I'm going to call it communism because the conflation of communism and socialism is an annoying Americanism) because what would actually happen after the "D grade" test is that the class would get a scare and - presuming they DO care about failing - would up their game on the next test, not just give in to failure, and would probably end up settling in a "C's-for-everyone" scenario over time. Which is a perfectly valid and more accurate allegory for the dangers of communism - flat mediocrity, not critical failure. No need to screech about "Everyone getting an F!!!" ... that's not what happens.