Dear Tom Frank,

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I want to thank you for your insightful expose on those insidious and evil corporations which had the audacity to inflict fun, enjoyment and pleasure on people’s lives by renovating Navy Pier [October 13]. Can you believe those assholes? It’s really a sad day in America when close to a million people in a summer have to endure the pain of music, shops, restaurants, carnival rides and a view of the beautiful skyline of Chicago. And it’s all the fault of the capitalist elite. Bastards!

Mr. Frank, you and I are kindred spirits in Bolshevist thought. Don’t believe what all those happy capitalist dogs are saying. I know our movement has seen several minor setbacks (i.e: the fall of Eastern Europe, the imminent fall of Cuba, the decline of communism in China, and the complete refutation and vivisection of socialist thought in the world), but brave souls like you and me must continue to carry the red flag of communism. We must continue to defy and resist the infinite beauty, freedom and prosperity of Capitalism. We must continue to rally behind the ideas of Mao and Stalin.

Roscoe Village