'This cannot possibly be real': Rolling Stone's five economic reforms sure sound like Marxism

It does seem so simple now. Writing in Rolling Stone Friday, Jesse A. Myerson breaks down the “Five Economic Reforms Millennials Should Be Fighting For.” Just five?

Well, along with guaranteed work for everybody, Myerson argues that millennials should “take back the land” from landlords (“landlords blow”) and “make everything owned by everybody” (because “hoarders blow”). For the record, unemployment and Wall Street also blow.

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/419301774894567424

You know what else really blows? Communists.

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) January 4, 2014

.@AdamBaldwin The writer blows. He doesn't realize Obama blows. He also rides a unicorn that blows rainbow toots out of it's hind end.

— Harriet Baldwin Text Trump 88022 (@HarrietBaldwin) January 4, 2014

Many are wondering: is Myerson simply paraphrasing Karl Marx, or is the piece an elaborate parody of Karl Marx?

Google Translate did a pretty good Russian-to-English translation of this recently discovered Karl Marx column. http://t.co/5hGx3VcHCD

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) January 4, 2014

The author's bio. pic.twitter.com/9dpUjpsAqu

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 4, 2014

https://twitter.com/thisisdemocracy/status/419198517760884736

https://twitter.com/OrwellForce/status/419308650729971712

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https://twitter.com/OrwellForce/status/419307055875252225

https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/419300680809984000

@AdamBaldwin I think that article was plagiarized from Karl Marx.

— chuck (@chuckboycejr) January 4, 2014

https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/419301616203104257

https://twitter.com/Dixie_DarlinKY/status/419302207343697921

Someone should tell Yglesias the bar on economic columns has been lowered.

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) January 4, 2014

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/419308754463916032

Heh.

Myerson popped up on Twitter to defend his piece, suggesting it’s not a parody at all.

https://twitter.com/JAMyerson/status/419301160882044928

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/419303774638071808

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/419306462192885760

No, I will not link to @JAMyerson 's nonsense, but here is my official response: https://t.co/tGVQRSpFxr

— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) January 4, 2014

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.