This is the final installment of a three-part series, a reimagining of the 2016 election as fable. You can read Chapter One here, and Chapter Two here.
Now there were many Grand Country people who opposed the Orange-Haired Prince, especially those who were also competing to become a Leader.
But they did not matter much.
Because the complaints against The Blue and The Red were true. Most of their politicians were interested only in their own power.
So they fought amongst themselves, and ignored the Orange-Haired Prince, and by the time The Blue and The Red realized he really could become the most powerful Leader, they were critically weakened.
For though the Orange-Haired Prince was dangerous, and foolish, selfish and mean, lying and despicable, The Blue and The Red had many in their midst who had also done dangerous and foolish deeds. Many too who were selfish and mean. And almost none who were not liars, in some way. And though far fewer were despicable, there were still enough who could be described that way.
And so Grand Country people had come to expect very bad behavior from The Red and The Blue.
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For though the Orange-Haired Prince was dangerous, foolish, selfish, mean, and lying, The Blue and The Red had many in their midst who had also done dangerous and foolish deeds. Many too who were selfish and mean. And almost none who were not liars, in some way.
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Thus, many Grand Country people failed to see the difference between bad behavior sometimes, and the relentless duplicity of the Orange-Haired Prince.
The leaders had now to decide what to do. And for many of those Grand Country people who did not have heaps of MCs and not many BBs, and who did still believe in character, and in love and goodness, it was these Grand Country people who were hopeful that there remained enough among The Blue and The Red who saw what they saw in the Orange-Haired Prince, and who would refuse to go along with him.
But one by one, The Red began to side with him. And they said: “He is not perfect. But no one is.”
And they said: “Well, at least we will beat The Blue. And that is the most important thing.”
They said: “He will change.”
And many of their followers eventually shrugged also, and assumed the Orange-Haired Prince must not be that bad after all.
Because the Orange-Haired Prince especially hated The Blue, their side did not go along with him. And The Blue insisted they would fight him, and they would win.
But the Contender that The Blue offered as an alternative Leader was a very regular liar. And also, someone who was in trouble because of breaking many laws. And again, a person who most of the Grand Country people simply did not like. She too had been famous for many years, and had mountains of BBs, and had even been friends with the Orange-Haired Prince.
So both The Blue and The Red proved that the anger against them was justified.
The Some had become so passionate about their Orange-Haired Prince, that they felt almost a romantic devotion to his success. The Some would never leave him.
And the Protestors as well, for they had found a voice for their disgust at regular politicians, and they could not now abandon their chosen one.
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There were many besides these in the Grand Country, though. And every day when they awoke, and learned from the News Makers what new selfish or mean, foolish or dangerous thing the Orange-Haired Prince had uttered, they wondered, “How is this happening?”
Could he really be so close to Leadership?
And so they looked to The Blue Contender, and sought hope. But the Blue Contender did not seem so angry. And she would not answer questions about her past. All of her words sounded like they had been written long ago, and rehearsed before a mirror, so that the Blue Contender never uttered a phrase unpracticed.
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And so the Grand Country reached a moment its first people had feared. They were presented with two unfit choices to become their most powerful Leader, and where confusion and corruption prevented all from knowing or accepting the truth about The Blue and The Red and the Orange-Haired Prince.
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Grand Country people had long since tired of such unreality. The Blue Contender gave them no reason to hope.
And so the Grand Country reached a moment its first people had feared. Where they were presented with two unfit choices to become their most powerful Leader, and where confusion and corruption prevented all from knowing or accepting the truth about The Blue and The Red and the Orange-Haired Prince.
And many of the Grand Country people did not know what they would do.
To be continued…
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