Saturday, November 15, 2025

Wizard of Oz as allegory

 Wizard of Oz

An allegory for the charlatan origins of misplaced trust…from traveling snake oil salesman to fraudulent market economy

Tin man: industry with a heart;

Strawman: logical fallacy manipulation;

Cowardly lion: black ops and deceitful national intelligence;

Dorothy: public duped by the chaos (eg. of unbridled industry) to accept a promise of return to splendid yet safekeeping family serenity.