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Walt Disney’s Fascinating Political Journey (From Naive Socialist to Staunch Conservative)
Pajamas Media ^ | 05/27/2013 | CHRIS QUEEN

Posted on 05/27/2013 8:00:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 05/27/2013 8:00:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Interesting. Some of the old cartoons, including Silly Symphonies, seemed to warn of the evils of communism and socialism, maybe different than today but still pro capitalism.


2 posted on 05/27/2013 8:17:38 AM PDT by Qwackertoo (Going into Politic Free Zone Momma Grizzly hibernation for a while after this week, maybe forever.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Even as we speak, some enterprising academic is working on a thesis deconstructing Mickey’s wayward right-wing politics, which somehow appears in EVERY ONE of his cartoons-—if only we had the brains to see it.


3 posted on 05/27/2013 8:19:47 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: SeekAndFind

Walt Disney’s TV and movie projects of the 50s-60s did a lot to educate young people and elevate the spirit of American culture. That is greatly needed today. Consider the Davy Crockett character played by Fess Parker and the Wonderful World of Disney series. Disneyland had a lot of American culture on display.

I reject the idea that conservatism is not closely aligned with the “working man’s” interests. If anything can be taken away from the history of the USA, it is that conservative principles lead to success for the working man. There would be no path from rags to riches nor a big “middle class” (actually just the regular masses in America) if it were not for our conservative American principles.

I accept the idea that naivete is associated with socialism. Artists, who are ill-informed about politics and naive about the relationship between socialism and misery, may embrace socialism but most people are pressed to work in the real world and easily learn that the fat man with the boot on the neck of the working man is a socialist dictator, not a capitalist.


4 posted on 05/27/2013 8:28:18 AM PDT by iacovatx (Conservatism is the political center--it is not "right" of center)
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To: SeekAndFind

Based on your article, I believe that Walt would have appreciated this book about what what it might be like in the year 2030 if the federal government ran Disneyland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4zU8-Tt_TM


5 posted on 05/27/2013 8:34:35 AM PDT by AJFavish (www.allanfavish.com)
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To: iacovatx

Listen to Walt talk about how they changed the design of Disneyland to include liberty Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxihN_hEdmE


6 posted on 05/27/2013 8:42:18 AM PDT by bigtoona
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To: SeekAndFind

What puzzles me about Hollywood’s leftist stance is that leftist regimes have frequently cracked down on entertainers who did not toe the party line. Do they think that they will be immune to that treatment if they disagree with the regime in some small detail?


7 posted on 05/27/2013 8:50:16 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Fedora

ping


8 posted on 05/27/2013 8:52:08 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: bigtoona

I think he learned a lot about socialism and government control from his failed vision of EPCOT, when he had to make it into a theme park instead of utopia.


9 posted on 05/27/2013 9:20:50 AM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: JimRed

Having lived and worked there, the answer is, yes, they do.


10 posted on 05/27/2013 9:58:55 AM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: LS

I think that the idea to turn EPCOT into a theme park rather than a city happened after his death. I may be wrong about that, but I recall reading something along those lines a few years ago.


11 posted on 05/27/2013 10:05:45 AM PDT by freepertoo
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To: piasa

Thanks for the ping. My understanding is that the Communist strikes against Disney’s studio mentioned in the article woke him up.


12 posted on 05/27/2013 10:09:52 AM PDT by Fedora
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To: SeekAndFind

What nonsense. Other than his father being a Socialist, there is no evidence whatsoever that Walt Disney was anything but a lifelong conservative. The only “evolving” was his decision to start talking about his beliefs.

Why not mention that Disney, too young to enlist at 16, instead joined the Red Cross ambulance corps and shipped off to France during WWI? Because it doesn’t help the false premise the author is trying to sell.

Anti-capitalist socialists who don’t like America don’t serve their country.


13 posted on 05/27/2013 11:12:21 AM PDT by Blue Ink
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To: SeekAndFind

The Disney organization has always been liberal from the very beginning .. They are anti gun, anti hunting and pro animal rights.


14 posted on 05/27/2013 11:44:45 AM PDT by pterional
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To: LS

But, the Epcot Center opened long after Walt Disney died. Did the Disney Company change Walt’s ideas for the Epcot Center?


15 posted on 05/27/2013 12:14:59 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: freepertoo

Yes, as he didn’t even live long enough to see Walt Disney World open much less EPCOT, MGM, and the others.


16 posted on 05/27/2013 12:38:04 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Going into Politic Free Zone Momma Grizzly hibernation for a while after this week, maybe forever.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Disney testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee as a friendly witness in October 1947. He gave an emotional testimony about the 1941 strike, recalling — to the point of breaking down in tears — how he believed the Communist influence on the strikers to be the reason they walked the picket line. He said, “I definitely feel it was a Communist group trying to take over my artists and they did take them over.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lflk5e-wcAg#t=293s

17 posted on 05/27/2013 1:03:15 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: pterional

Please show the evidence that the Disney organization has “always been liberal” or “anti-gun” from “the very beginning.”

Walt Disney turned his studio over to the armed forces to make training films and patriotic cartoons during World War Two. Is that what liberals do?

The slide into liberalism began when Walt Disney died.

That Disney is solidly liberal and PC now, I’ll grant you.

For example, PC forces got rid of the wooden “pirate” guns sold at the Pirates of the Caribbean souvenir shops. But they were recently brought back by popular demand... and common sense.

As far as anti-hunting goes, where do you get that? In the old Disney era, I mean. “Davy Crockett killed him a bar when he was only three..” and all.


18 posted on 05/27/2013 1:22:41 PM PDT by Blue Ink
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To: Blue Ink

Bambi. “Man is in the Forrest “.Pure propaganda against hunters and guns.


19 posted on 05/27/2013 1:31:59 PM PDT by pterional
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m getting tired of people stating that because you’re Conservative, you don’t care about he environment...
Who came up with this one?
I care very much but not to the extent I want to harm my life style...
Meaning, incandescent bulbs are not bad! But turning off a light if you don’t need it is just common sense...
Sick of the a**holes dictating the definitions....


20 posted on 05/27/2013 3:50:15 PM PDT by matginzac
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