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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More like 1984
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Who is the wicked witch and the good witch?
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i’m dorothy because i’m not in kansas
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Frank 💩 Baum: "The Whites, by law of conquest, by justice of civilization, are masters of the American continent, and the best safety of the frontier settlements will be secured by the total annihilation of the few remaining Indians. Why not annihilation?"
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I don't know, but maybe four tweets about a 1939 movie calling prospective voters cowards won't win you the nomination. Lol
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Did you take the mRNA vaccination?
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Not to be symantic here but aren’t spine and courage basically the same thing? Also, the scarecrow was lacking a brain, not a spine so I don’t think this really works
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Three poles over the last few days has Joe Biden beating Donald Trump and Pennsylvania and a couple of national polls, but nobody ever mentioned that they only mention the pose that he’s losing 🤔