Talk:The Marching Morons

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Contents 1 Solution not covered by author 2 Copyright violation 3 Year of Publication 4 Ham bushes

[edit] Solution not covered by author

Why would the elites simply remove themselves to their own moron-free society, where they are not overworked, and the morons die out.

Kornbluth most definitely did cover this potential "solution" for the problem faced by the elite. As a matter of fact, mention is made on Wikipedia of the story recounting a prior experiment with an Atlas Shrugged-style withdrawal of the elite. The phrase used on the Wiki page to describe one of the consequences was "five hundred million tons of rotting flesh."

[edit] Copyright violation

suggest folding this into the kornbluth article ka1iban 00:22, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

There were a couple of additions to this article; I think it would be better to re-create it as a stub after the copy-vio period ended. squell 00:39, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I dunno...looking at the history, it doesn't seem like it was anything 'til someone lifted it from the source. If someone has read the story and wants to rewrite it, great, but other wise, I'd say fold into into the author article that has a blurb about the story already...ka1iban 01:41, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I am rewriting this article. John DiMatteo

The article has been rewritten. It is on the The Marching Morons/Temp page. John DiMatteo 05:48, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Original deleted, temp moved over. Chick Bowen 00:40, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Year of Publication

Three results in a google for the story name list the year of publication as 1951, not 1957. What's the source on the '57 date? Any objections to changing it?

Nope, Be Bold. squell 12:15, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ham bushes

I've been wondering for some 40 years whether this phrase is a Freudian slip, or a deliberate pun on "ambush". Does anyone know? 217.171.129.71 (talk) 16:46, 28 March 2008 (UTC)