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American Humbug
- jihadjihad 7y agoInteresting read. Barnum was quite a character, and might even be seen as a prototype of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz: "'Barnum was right when he declared that the American people love to be deceived,' Baum once wrote of one of his heroes. Strikingly, even after the Wizard reveals his con, the Lion, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow still ask for his aid. Like the quack he is, he obliges, stuffing the Scarecrow’s head with pins. The Wizard, you might say, is America’s first celebrity guru: an ur-Dr. Phil, using charisma and a screen to project authority and wisdom he doesn’t truly have." [0] [0]: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/09/dissecting-the-real-wizard-of-oz.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/09/dissecting-the-r...