Nobody Gets to See the Wizard

A phrase from the Wizard of Oz says that nobody really sees the wizard.  They have audiences with believers, and those close to him, but nobody knows what is really behind those words.  When they see him, they are not looking at the real wizard.  

So, when the leaders of Facebook, Apple, The Blackstone Group, etc visited the Chairman of the Communist Party, fresh from his announcement of ascendancy to another reign, they were all agog at the illustriousness of his leadership.  They were among the first to be allowed to speak.  You can bet the Broadcom executives were not invited.  

This is a kind of political correctness, since those who suck up to the leaders control their fate. But,  does that mean any more than seeing the Wizard of Oz?   I think not.  The Wizard shows one face to the world, and another to his visitors.  True statesmen are like that.  They are a little humble, but can be because they have the power to be so.  The US leaders who bowed to the Chairman must have seen the movie.