To our perception, the fairy tales of Hans Christian Anderson, the Brothers Grimm, and others, subtly contained a sub-rosa message relevant to the nuance and extremes of human behavior. In addition to their recognized status as fanciful tales for the amusement of little children, mere cursory analysis is required to discover that they can be additionally seen to represent, in a symbolic manner, the characteristic foibles and excesses of human empirical behavior. To cite some illustrations of our observation, we would cite the following: “Jack and The Beanstalk,” [the dangers of over-ambition], “The Ugly Duckling” [ value in nuance].”Little Red Riding Hood” [ the risk of naivety and being too trusting], The Three Little Pigs” [the ultimate value of hard work]. “Snow White” [the perils created by jealousy and the importance of supporting allies] “Cinderella,” [the hidden presence of value implicit in ordinary people] and perhaps, “Pinnochio” [ the dangers of deceit]. Time and again, we have observed children’s tales on thoughtful analysis. reveal an instructive lesson to humanity.
Such a message representing our observation is relevant to the contemporary morass of bizarre MAGA ideation and empirical absurdity found in the classic fairy tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Anderson. As related in the story, a powerful King is tricked into believing that his tailors have designed a magical suit of clothes for him which might be seen only by the people capably deserving of their position. The misled Emporer then proceeds to walk throughout his kingdom completely nude only to receive the loyal sartorial praise of his subjects.
We see an evident, analogous relevance in today’s MAGA adoration of Donald Trump, thematically, in their facile acceptance of his neurotic meme that his elective success as President was “stolen” from him. It may be noted that such a delusion lacked any factual basis, was refuted by multiple official audits, and was legally rejected by consistent rulings of the judiciary. Analogous to the nonexistent “magical suit of clothes” “worn” by the misled nude King, the purported existence of election fraud was refuted by the naked, empirical reality. Yet, in analogous similarity to the King’s subjects in the fairy tale, where the objective view of the King’s obvious nudity was overridden by their fear of retribution, or group loyalty, the MAGA cultists, loyally maintain, that their idolized deity,, Donald Trump, is irrefutably accurate in his delusion that. the election was “rigged.”
It is revealing that the compliant horde of populist Trumpers also maintain bizarre ideations such as Haitians, eat pet cats and dogs, that the Democrats are responsible for the recent extreme hurricanes since they tactically control the weather, that Putin is a great leader, that abortion is a sin, despite the non-existence of the dreaded subject in the New Testament, that the Founders intended the new Nation to be Christian, that homosexuality can be taught, that 9/11 was a CIA false-flag operation. that the American empathic tradition of refugee immigration is “poisoning the blood of the Nation,” that Israel shoots rockets to Earth, that a secret cabal of Jewish bankers conspires to control the World, and that coastal elites intend to replace white Americans with other racial groups,
Considering the abundance and quality of the universe of MAGA paranoid ideation, it might be said that there exists no available need or space for nursery tales.
-p.
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