One of the political issues that dominated the end of the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries was should the US Dollar be backed by gold or by silver.
The Wizard of Oz was an allegory of that debate. Fat cats in Emerald City in the east wanted the streets paved with gold (yellow brick road) while the Witch in the west (miners) wanted the silver slippers (they were silver, not ruby). Interspersed in the tale were brainless farmers (scarecrow), heartless industrialists (tin man) and a cowardly lion (government).
We went to the oldest granddaughter’s tenth birthday party yesterday. She took a bunch of friends to see Wicked.
None of that stuff about gold and silver was in the movie.
I’m also certain at no point would Dark Side of the Moon sync with this version of the Wizard. .
2 comments:
I have long maintained that bimetallism was the downfall of the republic.
Taking it off any standard at all was egregious
Joe
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