While Walt Disney was really anti-Communist, it seems though that the Progressive Infection that has taken over his company no longer shares that view. After all, isn’t the Transgenderism and the CRT ideologies that are now part and parcel of everything it does (and is now living that great phrase of “Go Woke, Go Broke” as it is laying off thousands of its workers and subscribers have left it in droves (like my family)). This from back in 2002 makes it clear this has been a long time baking:
I just finished watching the 1998 Disney movie “A Bug Life” and despite my hopes to the contrary, I was reminded how pervasive socialist ideology has become in absolutely everything Disney produces. I have come to expect collectivist overtones from Disney’s regular programming, but the extent to which its animated films are full of socialist indoctrination is simply disgusting. Unlike most liberal media companies, Disney produces more than the usual “multicultural” garbage but actually inserts Marxist ideology into the plot of its animated children’s movies.
“A Bugs Life” has all the elements of the topical Disney presentation of the class struggle: the proletariat, represented by the worker ants, the bourgeoisie, represented by the grasshoppers, the greedy slave-driving boss, represented by the “boss flea” in charge of the flee circus. Famous lines include [as I remember them]: “if the ants only realized that they outnumber us a hundred to one, we would be finished!” and “you’ve committed the ultimate sin: you put yourself before the colony!” If that were not enough, the flea-boss frequently explains “let’s go, there’s money to be made!” as he denies his worker’s request for a raise and proposes a routine where one the bugs is burnt to a crisp. Meanwhile, the movie makes it a point to show the ant-queen diligently joining the worker ants in their work, as she and Flik, the hero repeatedly explain “I care for the colony!” I’d like to say that Flik is at least a creative non-conformist, but the movie makes a point to show that none of his ideas are self-inspired, and all of them come to fruition only by collective effort.
Not surprisingly, the movie ends with the defeat of the overclass, as the revolutionary hero Flik inspires the ants to rise up and ensure that the ants get to keep all the “surplus” grain they collect by their collective effort.
(H/T: Rational Mind)
Even with knowing all that, I was a bit startled when I came across this at RedState about Disney’s newest Marvel movie: “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”:
They seem to have concluded that “if American audiences don’t applaud radical leftist ideas, then perhaps China will.”
After all, 340 million versus 1.4 BILLION possible consumers? Chinese Yuans shining in the C-Level suites
Disney/Marvel’s upcoming superhero flick “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” seems to do just that. While China doesn’t tolerate LGBT messaging, what it does like to hear is that political systems that lead to communism are a good thing. This is exactly what Disney/Marvel decided to get across in the movie with a line from a character. According to YouTube Valliant Renegade who got an early viewing of the flick, one character delivers a very serious line in the film.
“Unpopular take, but hear me out: Socialism is a good thing,” says the character.
“Socialism is a Good Thing” – Actual line from #AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania – this movie needs to fail HARD because it was made for Chinese Communists. Do not HATE watch it
— Valliant Renegade (@ValliantRenegad) February 15, 2023
The rest of the post talks about how it just isn’t a good movie. Period.
I have often heard and read that no one could ever conquer the United States from the outside but we can fall from the inside. You know, Trojan Horse and Fifth column activities. Make no mistake, the Left (including communists like the Frankfurt School and Italian Antonio Gramci) knew that if their ideology made it into our cultural centers and education system, the US would indeed fall.
How does one not have periods of despair when you read “Socialism is a Good Thing” from a pinnacle of American culture and capitalism? From movies to TV to their parks – their message is clear and it isn’t about true blue Americanism (before “true blue” was co-opted).
My only takeaway is as Disney is engaged in the Culture War against us, we all have to engage in a financial war with them. No, we don’t have their billions but remember that their billions first start off as our 10s and 20s. Add eyeballs as well – we have a complete ban on Disney offerings here at Chez Skip. It’s not much but when this is compounded by millions, a message is sent back.
