"Wilbert Awdry, who created Thomas the Tank Engine, disliked change, venerated order, and craved the administration of punishment."
The New Yorker has decided that Thomas the Tank Engine is actually fascist coded. You can't make this stuff up.
newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-repressive-authoritarian-soul-of-thomas-the-tank-engine-and-friends
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