Seems like vangaurd, blackrock, state street are getting a little too big. Break them up and we could affect a whole lot of change. Find a way to extract $30 trillion out of the break up and pay off the national debt.
Posted on 04/07/2022 4:10:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
Nothing personal, but the Mouse must die. Oh wait, it is personal, especially for people with little kids who this giant corporation has targeted at the behest of the minority of blue-haired, nose-ringed strange-os in its employ. That Walt Disney is likely turning over in his cryogenic chamber beneath the Disneyland Castle is irrelevant. The man who created an American institution is gone, as is said American institution. It's now a global institution, and the America part is vastly outweighed by the Chi Com component. We used to trust Disney to take care of our kids, not take them over. Well, it made its choice, and it's time to make ours.
The Republicans must figuratively post Mickey's soon-to-be public domain head on a pike. This is what happens to corporations that cross us.
And cross us Disney did. It did not have to stick Donald's beak into Florida's fight to keep grooming perverts from messing with first graders' heads. But stick it did, mewling and howling about the unfairness of Ron DeSantis taking the bullseye off our little ones. It promised to use its power to change the law, not just by advocacy but with contributions and veiled threats to pack up and go.
To which Ron the Avenger replied, "Pack your Schiff."
DeSantis understands the use of power. He's got it. Disney thought it did. But what Disney really has is a vast array of special breaks that helped make it the hulking monopolistic monstrosity that it is today. Look at Disney World in Orlando, a zillion-dollar resort city made possible by a huge spate of special laws that effectively make it a government unto itself. And look at the copyright laws – Mickey should have fallen out of protection decades ago, but the expiration of the 1920s cartoon rodent IP just kept being pushed back by Congress. It is now going to be open season on Mickey in 2024 unless another extension gets granted.
It better not be.
Once, it was understandable, if a bit cronyish, that Disney got what it wanted from various governmental entities. Disney was, well, Disney. Disney World was a place Republican senators loved to take their grandkids to as much as anyone else. And if expanding copyright periods let them keep Mickey in the cage, sure. Disney was beloved. It was trusted. We all grew up on it.
And then Disney treated decades of trust like Pluto the dog treats a fire hydrant.
Disney used its power not for good but for evil. And, more specifically, to screw with us normal people who don't think sex pests should get free access to school kids. And then threaten us with its power.
No.
Not even.
DeSantis should strip Disney of its special bequests in Florida. It's not like Disney can move its city elsewhere. Congress should laugh Disney's lobbyists out of the Capitol when they come begging for a new copyright dispensation. And we should not be shy about letting Disney know why.
You screwed with us. Now you have to pay.
For too long, conservatives did the bidding of the big corporations. But until recently, the big corporations generally used their political power only to carve out special breaks and deals. That was kind of obnoxious, but we were not the target. Corporations rarely dared turn their power on us on social issues. That was the deal.
Then they broke the deal. They decided to take a side against us. Disney was not alone. Now even Oreo is trying to sell us cookies with creamy woke filling. Unacceptable. Now they must pay.
Some conservatives cry out about the unfairness of the government acting against a company for using its power to affect politics and the culture. But our power is through the government and the politicians we elect. We are not morally obligated to be powerless in order to satisfy ideological stickler's arbitrary dictates. Why does Disney get to use its power, but we cannot? How is that right or fair?
Now, the arrangement before was that we would not use our political power against companies, but also that companies like Disney would not use their power against us. Disney changed the rules. Why are we somehow obligated to pretend that never happened and that the old rules are still in effect?
Well, we aren't. While David French might not like it, we are never going to accept being told, "We are going to use our political and cultural power to promote the sexualization of children, but you are morally foreclosed by using the one tool you have to stop it."
Of course, we certainly encourage Disney to whine about how we are being mean by responding to its attack on our kids, but only so we can laugh at it.
Disney picked this fight, and luckily we had Ron DeSantis instead of a Kristi Noem or an Asa Hutchinson there to defend what is right against the Chamber of Commerce contingent that never met a big corporation it didn't slobber over. The GOP needs to understand that big corporations have thrown in their lot with the enemy and that the old rules that once held us back are canceled, repealed, and kaput.
It is time to use our political power to deny those who side against us the breaks and benefits that used to be available when the corporations were culturally neutral. Let them beg the Democrats – hell, they give Dems all their money nowadays, so they might as well get something for it. And to those reticent about flexing our muscles, here's the thing – the corporations taking aim at our kids are getting off lucky. Ron DeSantis could be passing the "Informed Resort Customer Information Act" requiring that any company cavorting with the Chi Coms disclose in every theater and resort with big signs "XXXXX Company does business with the genocidal communist Chinese regime."
Come to think of it, he should do that too. And other corporations, take note. Next November, the party of people you have been screwing with will have majorities in both houses.
Hey, aren't those old rules looking good right about now?
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/dis/institutional-holdings?random=624ea99a2b258
Take a look at that list.
The same lot running Disney own Congress.
Disney is Deep State.
The only things people can do are cut the cord, quit buying, quit going.
We’ve been doing that for years.
There’s life after Disney.
Mickey’s been deader than Walt for many years now.
The Mouse we see today is a clone generated from cells scraped from his toenail fungus in 2008.
Nothing personal. Just business.
Love the post. I hope and pray you are correct. That there is a huge wave of CONSERVATIVE Republicans elected to federal, state and local offices. That these Conservatives then take over the committee leadership positions, seriously grow a spine and pull this country back from the cliff.
Even when I was a kid I was never a Disney fan. My speed was Warner Brothers cartoons.,Tom and Jerry, and MGM cartoons.
This sicko culture is self perpetuating. After a while the public starts believing it and doesn’t want to be shunned. It’s an Insidious affair.
Be super easy to destroy Disney.
Their value is in brands: Mickey, Star Wars, Marvel.
That value is the result of copyright protection. Not long ago copyright protections vanished after 30 years and it all became part of the public domain.
Disney has very little of value created in the last 30 years. The current company are just zombies feasting on the work of people king dead.
Long
Now even Oreo is trying to sell us cookies with creamy woke filling.
Or, if not actually selling (I haven’t been paying attention to them in stores) they’ve certainly been representing them as such in their advertisements.
In 2019 the Vice President of Disney was convicted of child molestation he is now serving 10 years in prison, this has been going on at Disney for some time now these PERVS are just being blatantly out in the open now they believe they can force this down our throats just like gay marriage!!
Ping.
Yup...had enough. My gut says they want to go bankrupt and take the money and run. The writing is on the wall and this cr** should do the trick.
The Mouse is RABID!
If you want to come to Florida and your kids must do a theme park, I’m recommending Universal Theme Park
The tiny kids area is adorable....Cute rides
ET ride is my favorite
.....for the preteens there’s the Bourne Action Adventure....( amazing technology)
For the older teens....Fast and Furious Ride, etc
No I don’t work there, but I know someone who does!
Also my favorite eatery there is Monster Cafe......all in good fun
You can eat barbecue or chicken fingers and watch snippets of very old horror movies like creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein, etc......but it’s more campy, not frightening
Of course there’s Harry Potterville......
It’s not Disney and it is entertaining
A hollow threat. Where are they going to go?!
That proud package label may soon be omitted.
Seems like vangaurd, blackrock, state street are getting a little too big. Break them up and we could affect a whole lot of change. Find a way to extract $30 trillion out of the break up and pay off the national debt.
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