The Wizards of Wall Street and other financially elite in America certainly believe in paving a gold brick road all the way to their bank accounts. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written in 1896 depicted the political satire of the time, as well as the gold and silver standards. It illustrates that while much has changed, much hasn’t. Greed and corruption prevail today as it has since the beginning of mankind.
The fictitious land of Oz was ruled by the Wizard who was supposed to be wise and good, but was revealed as a fraud. Whereas America was founded as the land of the free, today it is being controlled by a scheming body of politicians who, like the Wizard, use half-truths, lies, and trickery to fool the people into believing they are compassionate when they are really self-serving, greedy and cruel.
While many of the main characters in the original story stood for everyday Americans and the good and simple life of the times, today the creatures are far less endearing with impure motives and destructive actions.
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