"...a group of yellow creatures called Sneetches, some of whom have a green star on their bellies.
,,,Sneetches with stars discriminate against and shun those without.
An entrepreneur named Sylvester McMonkey McBean (calling himself the Fix-It-Up Chappie) appears and offers the Sneetches without stars the chance to get them with his Star-On machine, for three dollars. The treatment is instantly popular, but this upsets the original star-bellied Sneetches, as they are in danger of losing their special status.
McBean then tells them about his Star-Off machine, costing ten dollars, and the Sneetches who originally had stars happily pay the money to have them removed in order to remain special. However, McBean does not share the prejudices of the Sneetches, and allows the recently starred Sneetches through this machine as well.
Ultimately this escalates, with the Sneetches running from one machine to the next….
"...until neither the Plain nor the Star-Bellies knew
whether this one was that one... or that one was this one...
or which one was what one... or what one was who."
This continues until the Sneetches are penniless and McBean departs as a rich man, amused by their folly.
Despite his assertion that "you can't teach a Sneetch", the Sneetches learn from this experience that neither plain-belly nor star-belly Sneetches are superior, and they are able to get along and become friends.
"The Sneetches" was intended by Seuss as a satire of discrimination between races and cultures, and was specifically inspired by his opposition to antisemitism."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories
,,,Sneetches with stars discriminate against and shun those without.
An entrepreneur named Sylvester McMonkey McBean (calling himself the Fix-It-Up Chappie) appears and offers the Sneetches without stars the chance to get them with his Star-On machine, for three dollars. The treatment is instantly popular, but this upsets the original star-bellied Sneetches, as they are in danger of losing their special status.
McBean then tells them about his Star-Off machine, costing ten dollars, and the Sneetches who originally had stars happily pay the money to have them removed in order to remain special. However, McBean does not share the prejudices of the Sneetches, and allows the recently starred Sneetches through this machine as well.
Ultimately this escalates, with the Sneetches running from one machine to the next….
"...until neither the Plain nor the Star-Bellies knew
whether this one was that one... or that one was this one...
or which one was what one... or what one was who."
This continues until the Sneetches are penniless and McBean departs as a rich man, amused by their folly.
'Wall Street'
Despite his assertion that "you can't teach a Sneetch", the Sneetches learn from this experience that neither plain-belly nor star-belly Sneetches are superior, and they are able to get along and become friends.
But not that often in real life
"The Sneetches" was intended by Seuss as a satire of discrimination between races and cultures, and was specifically inspired by his opposition to antisemitism."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories
Now it's rich and poor
after the rich made debt slaves of the poor
The us and them...
Scapegoat
Populism
Angst
Misinformation
