The cartoon that I saw showed the first 2 pigs dancing and goofing around after they quickly built their houses, while the third pig continued working on his brick house. I always thought the moral was a simple “work now, play later”.
Yes, exactly. If those silly poor people only worked harder they too could be aristocracy.
How is that different from blaming poor people they have a bad work ethic?
Because it was a message about needed to stockpile for the winter or other emergencies. It was a message from parents to their children.
It could also be interpreted as a criticism of Libertarianism. The first two pigs didn’t go by any building codes, and instead decided that they wanted to build their shelters out of inferior materials with substandard protections against high winds. The third pig made sure that his dwelling met hurricane standards, and was saved. The story doesn’t go into the reasons why pigs #1 and #2 chose inferior building materials, so it could be interpreted in a number of different ways. It doesn’t HAVE to be about economics. It could just be that pigs #1 and #2 were big fans of Ayn Rand and reaped the whirlwind as a result.
I don’t remember any of the versions of this story involving money.
Nobody ever mentioned where the materials came from, it was just two dumbasses who decided to build their houses out of inferior materials
No no you don’t understand. Every children’s story is about beating your competition in the market and how regulation doesn’t actually support competition because it’s on you to analyze and prepare for market forces. Also my billion dollar vehicle company is failing because I didn’t properly prepare, I’m gonna need a major government bailout
If you give a mouse a cookie…
He’ll use it to overthrow the government and install a far-right terrorist regime: The Book
The 4th pig built his house from wolf skulls, significantly less practical but it does send a fucking message.
What are some other aristocracy-informed cautionary tales haha?
What?
Ever worry that you might be reading things into a text that just aren’t there?
