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The Current Coronavirus Crisis Has Shown That The Emperor Has No Clothes
An old folk tale tells of an emperor who lived many years ago, in a far away country. He was so fond of new clothes and looking good, that he spent all his money on buying fine dresses.
He didn’t care about his people, or his country, the only thing he cared about was showing off his new clothes.
One day, two vagabonds came in. Hearing of the emperor’s expensive tastes, they pretended to be master weavers.
The vagabonds started going around saying that they can make the best (the greatest) clothes. These clothes also had magical properties, because the people who were unfit for their office or stupid would not be able to see them.
Wanting to make himself great again, the emperor decided to hire these pretend weavers to make him the greatest gown ever.
Not only would these clothes make him look good, they would also help him to find all the people in his empire who were stupid or unfit for office.
The emperor gave the two con men lots of money, and they started “working”.
When they finished, the emperor came in to put the clothes on. Of course not seeing anything, he pretended that what he saw was the most magnificent attire ever.
