The Nazi propaganda poster titled New People reads: "This person suffering from hereditary defects costs the people 60,000 Reichmarks during his lifetime. People, that is your money."

Social parasite is a derogatory term denoting a member detrimental to the rest of society by taking advantage of it. In some cases the term is related to specific notions. Nazi Euthanasia Propaganda Poster This work is copyrighted. ... Nazi Euthanasia Propaganda Poster This work is copyrighted. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ... A word or phrase is pejorative or derogatory (sometimes misspelled perjorative) if it expresses contempt or disapproval; dyslogistic (noun: dyslogism) is used synonymously (antonyms: meliorative, eulogistic, noun eulogism). ...

Parasitic social classes

In various countries at various times, especially during the periods of social unrest, such as French Revolution or Russian Revolution, the whole social classes, such as aristocracy, rentiers, or bourgeoisie were accused of living off unearned income, and hence declared parasitic, as opposed to the working class. The period of the French Revolution is very important in the history of France and the world. ... The phrase Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia. ... Social class describes the relationships between people in hierarchical societies or cultures. ... The Ancient Greek term Aristocracy meant a system of government with rule by the best. This is the first definition given in most dictionaries. ... A rentier is a person who lives on the income from property, bond interest, or other investment and is not personally involved in its operation. ... Bourgeois at the end of the thirteenth century Bourgeoisie (boorzhwäz-ee´) in modern use refers to the wealthy or propertied classes in a capitalist society. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ...

The text of the The Internationale, the famous socialist song, later adopted as the hymn of the Soviet Union (from 1917 to 1941), in a number of languages contains lines that refer to parasites. For example, the Russian text reads: The Internationale (LInternationale in French) is the most famous socialist song and one of the most widely recognized songs in the world. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ...

Soviet Union

In the USSR, which was supposed to be a workers' state, every adult able-bodied person was obliged to work until the official retirement. Exceptions were study and military service. Those who did not work, study or serve were criminally charged with social parasitism (Russian: тунея́дство) and pronounced enemies of workers. The sentence, quite naturally, was Gulag labor camps. For the play by Henrik Ibsen, see An Enemy of the People. ... Gulag (Russian: ГУЛАГ   listen?, an acronym for Главное Управление Исправительно— Трудовых Лагерей и колонии, Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii, The Chief Directorate [or Administration] of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies) was the branch of the Soviet internal police and security service that operated the penal system of forced labour camps and associated detention and transit camps... A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are engaged in forced labor. ...

Charges of parasitism frequently applied to dissidents and refuseniks. Many of them were people of mental labor (writers, journalists, lectors). Since their writings were against the regime, the state prevented those who struggled against it from employment according to their skills altogether. To avoid trials for parasitism, many of them took unskilled, but not especially time-consuming jobs, that allowed them to continue their literary or research work: jobs of street sweepers, fire-keepers, etc. A dissident is a person who actively opposes the established order. ... Refusenik (he: מסורבים, me-su-rav-im), or Otkaznik (ru: отказник, from отказ (refusal, rejection), en equivalent) was an unofficial term for individuals, usually but not exclusively Soviet Jews, who were denied permission to emigrate abroad by the authorities of the former Soviet Union. ...

The list of those arrested and charged with the crime of social parasitism contains many notable names. Among them is Joseph Brodsky who was sentenced in 1964 to five years of hard labor for being nothing but a poet. In 1987 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 – January 28, 1996), born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Russian:Ио́сиф Алекса́ндрович Бро́дский) was a Russian-American poet, winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature, and Poet Laureate of the United States for 1991-1992. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes...

Nazi Germany

In Nazi Germany, a propaganda campaign was launched to portray the mentally ill as parasites of the society, as a part of the racial hygiene doctrine. See T-4 Euthanasia Program for more. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ... The Scream, the famous painting commonly thought of as depicting the experience of mental illness. ... Racial hygiene (often labeled a form of scientific racism) is the selection, by a government, of the most physical, intellectual and moral persons to raise the next generation (selective breeding) and a close alignment of public health with eugenics. ... This poster reads: This person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community of the people 60,000 Reichsmark during his lifetime. ...

Anti-Semitism

Those who view Jews and other groups as subhuman or untermensch often describe them as, or compare them to, parasites, rats, or other vermin. Untermensch (German: subhuman) is a term from Nazi racial ideology. ... Untermensch (German for subhuman) is a term from Nazi racial ideology. ... A parasite is an organism that lives in or on the living tissue of a host organism at the expense of that host. ... Species 50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. ... The bane of Australian farmers - the wild rabbit Mouse Vermin is a term given to animals which are considered by humans to be pests or nuisances, most associated with the carrying of disease. ...

Japan

Parasite singles (パラサイトシングル, parasaito shinguru) is a Japanese expression for people who live with their parents until their late twenties or early thirties in order to enjoy a carefree and comfortable life. The expression parasitic singles is sometimes used also. Parasite singles (パラサイトシングル, parasaito shinguru) is a Japanese expression for people who live with their parents until their late twenties or early thirties in order to enjoy a carefree and comfortable life. ...

See also

• Enemy of the people
• Gulag
• untermensch
• productive and unproductive labour
• surplus labour