Posted on 11/23/2022 2:30:26 AM PST by RoosterRedux
During his disastrous tenure as Disney CEO, Bob Chapek oversaw a near-complete wokification of the once-beloved company with his aggressive pursuit of far-left causes, including transgenderism and the sexualization of children’s entertainment.
As a result, shares of the Walt Disney Co. are in the toilet and the previously invincible company is facing an uncertain financial outlook, with layoffs and hiring freezes on the horizon.
On Sunday, the Walt Disney Co. shitcanned Chapek after just two years on the job. But don’t expect a political reversal under old-now-new boss Bob Iger, who will no doubt push Disney even further left.
Iger, who once entertained a run for the White House against then-President Donald Trump, is an avowed leftist and social justice warrior who recently told CNN that corporate leaders have a moral duty to take a position on issues including climate change, immigration and, most recently, Florida’s anti-grooming Parental Rights in Education law.
“A lot of these issues are not necessarily political. It’s about right and wrong,” Iger said.
Chapek’s decision to pick a fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over the state’s Parental Rights in Education law — which the left smeared as “Don’t Say Gay” — was just one of Disney’s many woke fails under his leadership. Here are five of the biggest woke disasters that Chapek oversaw during his tenure.
Fighting Florida’s anti-grooming Parental Rights in Education law
Chapek caved to a small group of far-left activist employees, reversing his earlier decision to remain neutral on the Florida legislation. “You needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and I let you down. I am sorry,” Chapek said in a memo to Disney staffers in March. Chapek promised to continue fighting the bill even after it passed into law.
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The woke stuff really accelerated under Iger. Though there was some of it in Eisner’s tenure he was vocally against Disney getting too political.
When we consider that the Woke movement is an organic cultural wave (organic in that it didn't need to be created and organized by any sponsoring organization, it just sprang up "organically"), it makes sense that Disney would be a ripe candidate for it. The Woke movement is a kind of Neverland-seeking force. Its members are trying to escape adulthood (i.e., reality/responsibility) and spend their lives in a fantasy world.
Disney is not only a breeding ground for such thinking, it actually created movies and films to spread it. Disney is the perfect place for the Woke movement to thrive (in much the same way that pedophiles are attracted to places where children gather).
In other words, the Woke forces within Disney are similar to a lynch mob. They don't think, they just act and react. It seems that both Chapek and Iger before him were willing participants in that internal culture.
What I think that Disney has yet to realize is that the “woke” people don’t have as many kids (so the Disney toys and games aren’t purchased) or the disposable income to spend at Disney parks.
The “woke” movement seems to primarily consist of very loud young people that are pissed off about their self-created position in the world. In short, “woke is broke”.
Why corporations are caving to it is yet to be determined.
It's going to be hard--if not impossible--to remove the Woke influence there.
The interesting thing is that "mass formations" (hypnotized mobs like Disney's Woke) are oblivious to the ways that its actions are self-destructive to itself as a mass/group and to its host...and even to the individuals in the group.
For example, the Woke "mass formation" needs Disney, but its actions are pushing Disney toward financial failure and possibly even bankruptcy.
"How could it POSSIBLY be WORSE?"
"Could be Michael Eisner"
"Hmmm - OK - you got me there"
If you enjoy wholesome family entertainment, you are going to be watching a lot of gay performers.
Wow. I just learned of this:
When Roy Disney complained of Michael Eisner’s transformation of Disney into a “soulless conglomerate,” Disney responded by replacing Eisner as Chairman with EPSTEIN BUDDY GEORGE MITCHELL, former Democrat leader of the U.S. Senate (who I also didn’t realize was an Arab).
It's a kind of mob mentality. They are like parasites who can't stop what they do even if it kills their host.
Disney is so perverted it makes PeeWee Herman look wholesome. PeeWee is crazy if he isn’t preparing for a return to show biz.
If I am not mistaken, Mitchell was an Irish orphan adopted by an American Maronite Lebanese family.
I remember watching Disney channel about 15 odd years ago and it was disgusting with teens doing and saying anything, with absent parents and low morals.
My own kids don’t have Disney (or any TV or streaming) channel and I think they are better adjusted for that
“A lot of these issues are not necessarily political. It’s about right and wrong,” Iger said.
This is their religion, they have no god. This is why they are dangerous. They are the epitome of evil.
Hoping at least Disney divests some of their acquired properties as they circle the drain.
Their “skill” at buying up and “magically” turning previously successful franchises(like the Marvel characters and Star Wars) into trash needs to end.
Sure, most of the people in charge of those franchises were lefty (like Lucas), but they were aware that, business-wise, there are some lines you don’t cross. Current Disney management is all about full steam ahead on the agenda at any cost and taking a dump on the fanbases as being too “white/male/conservative”.
The solution could be defined as "religion." Even people who say they are not religious (i.e., do not believe in the Judeo/Christian God) serve a god of some kind.
I have noticed through the years that my atheist friends believed in God however much they denied it. In fact, their lives seemed to be dominated by their powerful denial of Him.
They believed but were just angry at Him (very, very angry)...probably because He wasn't willing to approve of their behavior and lifestyles. Their attitude toward God reminded me of the way children are sometimes angry with parents. It was a test of wills.
The Wokesters make up this giant brainwashed, hypnotized "Borg-like" organism. The Woke is a collective that consists of individuals who have given up their individual identities to become a part of the collective identity. This is an organism (a "mass formation") that has powerful totalitarian urges/goals. It seeks to take over and dominate (and, yes, assimilate) all individuals and groups that it comes into contact with.
>the Woke movement is an organic cultural wave (organic in that it didn’t need to be created and organized by any sponsoring organization, it just sprang up “organically”)
It’s not accidental, organic, or unthinking; but directed, planned, and purposeful.
Organic movements quarrel within themselves, because they’re made up of real individuals who have differing opinions. You can always tell manufactured thought by its uniformity.
I have read the book a couple of times and am now going through it slowly once again.
I think Desmet overlooks the fact that there are organizations that contribute to it. That said, the Woke movement is too large and powerful to have been completely designed and managed by a single or even several organizations.
Don’t expect Disney to change. Iger is just another perverted cog in their disgusting machine.
The answer is an aversion to lawfare and its attendant bad PR at the hands of the media.
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