The infant's cherubic hands spin the toy world on its axis. Faster and faster it rotates until the screech of strain emanates from the frame. It is a speech understood by those who comprehend abuse.
The countries all meld together on the whirring sphere. Greens, yellows, and blues form a geographic kaleidoscope.
What a toy to give a child! The model globe: a representation of humanity's politics, exploratory history, astronomical knowledge, and geographic cognizance. The world's endless complexity shrunk into a tiny trinket that responds to the slightest touch, to the smallest will.
The one who possesses the model globe unconsciously suffers from visions of godhood. This the fool's power: the power that swells the victim's sense of importance. It is the power that is popped by the pin of reason. It is the ignorant power that swells again and again with willful indignance.
The whirling globe has unhinged itself, but the child claps its hands and screams with mirth.
Watch as the world spirals across the room. Unguided and out of control.
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