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<p>[QUOTE="Matahari, post: 9745264, member: 42046"]I only found this out last year .... for what it's worth [ATTACH=full]477664[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The allegory begins with the title. Oz is the abbreviation for ounce, the standard measure used for gold.</p><p>Dorothy represents Everyman; the Tin Woodman is the industrial worker, the Scarecrow is the farmer, the</p><p>Cowardly Lion is William Jennings Bryan, the Wizard is the President, the munchkins are the "little people"</p><p>and the Yellow Brick Road is the gold standard. Toto probably represents a dog</p><p><br /></p><p>and</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Matahari, post: 9745264, member: 42046"]I only found this out last year .... for what it's worth [ATTACH=full]477664[/ATTACH] The allegory begins with the title. Oz is the abbreviation for ounce, the standard measure used for gold. Dorothy represents Everyman; the Tin Woodman is the industrial worker, the Scarecrow is the farmer, the Cowardly Lion is William Jennings Bryan, the Wizard is the President, the munchkins are the "little people" and the Yellow Brick Road is the gold standard. Toto probably represents a dog and [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz[/URL][/QUOTE]
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