Struck me as ironic

[101A]

These two portraits:

Karl Marx:
http://cnsnews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/images/KARL%20MARX-WIKIMEDIA%20COMMONS.jpg

John Locke:

http://cnsnews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/images/JOHN%20LOCKE-SIR%20GODFREY%20KNELLER.png

[Winehole23]

Karl "greedy guts" Marx, Jack "Sprat" Locke?

[101A]

Exactly