I don’t think I’ve ever heard an origin story for them. It’s always been, “Once upon a time, there were three little pigs.”
When it comes to stuff like this, I don’t think it matters so much what the original authorial intent was, more how the story has been transmitted in pop culture.
No telling that I’ve ever heard starts with three little pigs having wealth disparity and only one being able to afford bricks due to generational wealth.
The implication of the story is that they are all equal and one works harder than the others. Which is a real life lesson. Regardless of your views on systemic wealth allocation, at any socio-economic class, hard work is still a virtue.
I feel like you’re seeing the lesson you want to see.
Stories can have multiple meanings, even to the same person, and different meanings can be the emotional drive behind sharing the story, even if they are never explicitly stated.
Sure, and people can read whatever they want into a text even if it’s not there.
Do you remember the phrase “to each according to their need, from each according to their ability”? Socialism and communism has always valued hard work. Pushing the value of hard work is not a capitalist conspiracy, it was literally most of the messaging of the Soviet Union.
In the original they are 3 brothers and begin with equal means given to them by their mother, fwiw.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard an origin story for them. It’s always been, “Once upon a time, there were three little pigs.”
When it comes to stuff like this, I don’t think it matters so much what the original authorial intent was, more how the story has been transmitted in pop culture.
No telling that I’ve ever heard starts with three little pigs having wealth disparity and only one being able to afford bricks due to generational wealth.
The implication of the story is that they are all equal and one works harder than the others. Which is a real life lesson. Regardless of your views on systemic wealth allocation, at any socio-economic class, hard work is still a virtue.
I feel like you’re seeing the lesson you want to see.
Stories can have multiple meanings, even to the same person, and different meanings can be the emotional drive behind sharing the story, even if they are never explicitly stated.
Sure, and people can read whatever they want into a text even if it’s not there.
Do you remember the phrase “to each according to their need, from each according to their ability”? Socialism and communism has always valued hard work. Pushing the value of hard work is not a capitalist conspiracy, it was literally most of the messaging of the Soviet Union.
An immediate example is what I’m taking from your comments despite, “I am media-illiterate” not being present in the text.
That’s fair.