Remember the old fairy tale, The Emperor's New Clothes?
Weavers scam the Emperor into thinking that they made him the most luxurious clothes. Instead the Emperor is paraded around town naked, looking like a fool.
“But the Emperor has nothing at all on!” said a little child. “Listen to the voice of the child!” exclaimed his father. What the child had said was whispered from one to another. “But he has nothing at all on!” at last cried out all the people. The Emperor was upset, for he knew that the people were right. However, he thought the procession must go on now! The lords of the bedchamber took greater pains than ever, to appear holding up a train, although, in reality, there was no train to hold, and the Emperor walked on in his underwear.
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