The Wizard of Oz was written by Frank Baum as a metaphysical treatise, and its symbolism could not be be more true today. 1/4

Feb 2, 2024 · 3:31 PM UTC

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The Right is the tin man; it lacks heart. The Left is the scarecrow; it lacks spine The public is the cowardly lion; it lacks courage. 2/4
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The political elite are the Wizard of Oz, hiding behind a curtain and pretending to have power they do not have. 3/4
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In all of us there is an inner Dorothy, awakening to our power to see through all of it and simply say what we really want. 4/4
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Replying to @marwilliamson
The slippers are not supposed to be Ruby they're supposed to be silver slippers on the gold brick road which was an allegory for our gold backed economy...
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Contrary to popular belief dorothy did not have red ruby slippers she had silver slippers.
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We need some of that infrastructure money for repairs to the Yellow Brick Road!
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🔥🔥🔥
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Bebe Daniels as Dorothy Gale in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910), the earliest surviving adaption of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Ms Williamson, the wizard of oz has some problematic symbolism im not prepared to ignore here. also the movie version was judy garland just absolutely pulled to the gills on barbiturates and stimulants btw
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1/4 ❤️
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She's the philosophy spiritual girly representation we didn't know we needed
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Hmmm. Love it. What about the "yellow brick road"?
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And the flying monkeys are legal bribery
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