People often invoke George Orwell when discussing the grim state of the world, but Hans Christian Andersen, with his story about a vain, gullible emperor, and the townsfolk who are too afraid to challenge his stupidity, doesn't get the credit he's due.
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@Richard_Littler TIL the Emperor's new cloths is by Andersen! Thought is was an old fairytale
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The emperor has no brain! -
@Richard_Littler yeah! can‘t stop spreading comparrisons to that one (
️ Andersen since i am 5) - it tells more about people/crowd that surround such pathetic tyrants - it reflects so painfully the omnipresent trivializing language that surrounds the words & deeds by the orange pedophile enabler - in politics AND press -
@Richard_Littler I’ve been thinking about this fairy tale for quite a long time now. I keep wondering who this ‘child’ might be — the one able to speak in a way that everyone can understand the reality.
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@Richard_Littler He does from me. I often reference the Emperor Who Wore No Clothes when talking about politics.
Another favourite reference is the tarot card called The Tower - a bolt from the blue and all our institutions come tumbling down, everything familiar is upended. -
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Very pertinent. Let's bring those back to schools or directly to children. -
@Richard_Littler this story has been my reference for understanding the world for probably 10 years. The fact that it takes the naivety of a child to just say “but he isn’t wearing any clothes” for anything to change is the most poetic thing about it.
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@Richard_Littler this story has been my reference for understanding the world for probably 10 years. The fact that it takes the naivety of a child to just say “but he isn’t wearing any clothes” for anything to change is the most poetic thing about it.
@Richard_Littler this and “the tortoise and the hare”
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@Richard_Littler this story has been my reference for understanding the world for probably 10 years. The fact that it takes the naivety of a child to just say “but he isn’t wearing any clothes” for anything to change is the most poetic thing about it.
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In Davos it would've just needed one such kid, to stand up and say:
"But he is just making up everything, lying, bullying and telling nonsense. Why do you listen to him?" -
@Richard_Littler @ChristineMalec oh, just do web image search for "trump emperor's new clothes" and you'll see that this tale has not been forgotten!
I think of it often.
