This specific text and the "Good & Bad" made me think the very scene before Defying Gravity when Elphaba finds out that the "wizard" could not do magic and was simply just a man of high authority bamboozling citizens into believing he was a God that could fix things if they went to Emerald City, where Oz resides. Wicked also questions what's "good" and what' bad with the opening scene where Glinda asks, "Are people born wicked, or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?" This makes me also think of the upcoming presidency we're about to ensue and how easily gullible the general public is with their high praises to authority figures. They decided a felon would be a better fit to run a country than a woman who's put her whole life into the government.

It is interesting to notice that people tend to infer that someone who speaks well is also knowledgeable on the matters they speak of, though it might not be true at all. These early arguments shine a light on ways our "natural instincts" may have been shaped by developments in rhetoric throughout history.