Many historians and literary scholars argue that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum can be read as an allegory about political power, populism, and monetary control in late-19th-century America, disguised as a children’s story.
Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz during the Populist Era (1890s), when America was fiercely divided over:
Gold standard vs. bimetallism (gold + silver)
Power of banks and eastern elites
Farmers and laborers crushed by debt
Centralized authority vs. the common people
Silver Shoes (book, not movie)
Dorothy wears silver shoes (changed to ruby slippers in the film)
Symbol of silver coinage (bimetallism)
Walking on silver shoes on the gold road = balance of money supply
This detail is one of the strongest arguments for the theory.
Many historians and literary scholars argue that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum can be read as an allegory about political power, populism, and monetary control in late-19th-century America, disguised as a children’s story.
Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz during the Populist Era (1890s), when America was fiercely divided over:
This detail is one of the strongest arguments for the theory.
Follow the Yellow Brick Road......
https://nitter.poast.org/MelissaRedpill/status/2011183441102942529?s=20
HER SLIPPERS WERE SILVER!
https://x.com/moodbeamz1111/status/2011197792061177961?s=20
https://nitter.poast.org/moodbeamz1111/status/2011197792061177961?s=20
Yes, in the books they were silver.
Very nice post J1D!! :). This is why I think the movie playing in the background is WOO.
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
Why? Are they the Rothschild bankers?
In the new Wicked movie they made the slippers silver.