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.
Listen to Walt talk about how they changed the design of Disneyland to include liberty Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxihN_hEdmE