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Leo Grassens: The war between Lilliput and Blefuscu offers lessons for Americans today (guest opinion)

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In "Gulliver’s Travels," Jonathan Swift used the absurd war between Lilliput and Blefuscu — fought over which end of an egg to crack — as a way to expose how petty, self-serving and destructive political conflicts can become. It was satire, but it was also a warning: Leaders often inflame trivial divisions to consolidate power, while ordinary people pay the price.
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