PARABLE ON POPULISM
Mar 26, 2015
PARABLE ON POPULISM
L. FRANK BAUM
SILVER QUESTION
FARMERS DEMAND GOVT COIN SILVER MONEY TO INFLATE CURRENCY & RAISE FARM PRICES
FARM
DEADLY ENVIRONMENT
NATURE IMPERSONAL
BLEAK, LONELY, ISOLATED
TORNADO
POPULISM ROARING IN FROM WEST
DOROTHY
EVERYMAN
LEVELHEADED, HUMAN, GOOD
THINKS OF OTHERS
SCARECROW
FARMERS
IGNORANT
IRRATIONAL
MUDDLE-HEADED
TIN WOODSMAN
LABOR BECOMING MACHINES
LOST MOST HUMAN SENTIMENT: LOVE
COWARDLY LION
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
“MORE BARK THAN BITE”
WIZARD
PRESIDENTS GRANT TO McKINLEY
EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE
LAND OF OZ
WASHINGTON, DC
“MAGIC OASIS”
TOTO
PROHIBITION
“TEETOTALER”
WINGED MONKEYS
INDIANS
GOOD OR BAD DEPENDS UPON WHOSE INFLUENCE
YELLOW WINKIES
PHILLIPINE PEOPLE
ASIAN IMMIGRANTS
MUNCHKINS
SLAVERY
GENERAL PUBLIC: CHILDLIKE, NAIVE
WICKED WITCH OF WEST
RAILROAD BARONS
BAD FORCES OF NATURE
“NO PLACE LIKE HOME”