That’s what the “Cross of Gold” speech was about.
Somebody here turned me on to a very interesting film (on youtube) about that speech and whether the “Wizard of Oz” is a parable about the gold/silver money thing.
Unlike the movie, in the book Dorothy has silver shoes, not ruby ones. And, well, I don’t know, it was FASCINATING, but a wee bit over my head.
It was the kind of thing that my reaction was: let me find a smart person who disagrees with this, and hear the other side.
But it gave me pause, as so much does these days. The problems seem to pre-date Marx, if you get my drift.
You can probably search “wizard of oz/cross of gold” or something like that to find it on youtube.
And as I preview I see I used that old phrase “turned me on”, I guess I’ll always be an old hippie from 1st Ave, NYC.