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I grew up in Orlando. In middle school, visiting Disney was considered a "field trip," much to the chagrin of my former central Illinois classmates. When you live only 40 minutes from most people's summer tourist destination, it's easy to get burned out on Disney – and amusement parks in general – very quickly, even with the Florida resident discounted ticket price.

If you go to Disney one time too many, you start noticing little things here and there that the average tourist doesn't pick up. Add that extra scrutiny to the politics of a labor and anti-war activist turned loose in the "Happiest Place on Earth," and you end up with an over-politicized critical analysis of Walt Disney World. Call it, "the Political Economy of Mickey Mouse."

That's exactly what happened when I visited the Epcot Center this past weekend with my girlfriend and her family. Before I go any further, I just want to say we had a delightful day of riding rides, seeing shows, and buying grossly overpriced food and drinks. When criticizing Disney in general, most people react by questioning all but your very humanity with the indignant question, "But did you have fun?" Let the record show, I had a lot of fun.

I mostly blame film critic Matt Roth's ground-breaking essay, "The Lion King: A Short History of Disney Fascism," for opening this can-of-worms. Roth argues that Disney films are a unique cultural means of teaching capitalist, racist, sexist, homophobic, and generally oppressive ideas and lessons to kids, originating from none other than the man himself. Walt Disney, an anti-communist collaborator with Sen. Joe McCarthy's witch-hunts of the 1950s, was also a documented member of the American Nazi Party. Rising to prominence in 1930s Hollywood, "where Mein Kampf sold like hotcakes at corner newsstands," Roth convincingly argues that Nazism appealed to Disney because "he shared its conceit of white supremacy, its antagonism towards independent organized labor, its abhorrence of urbanism, and, above all, its hatred of Jews."

Roth's blistering analysis of the fascist ideology underwriting Disney films inspired me to take a closer look at the theme parks inspired by Uncle Walt's own demented worldview. Why is it important? All four of the Disney parks in Orlando – the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom – are ranked in the top 10 most visited theme parks in the world, with the Magic Kingdom capturing the top spot. Every day, tens of thousands of families from around the world pack into these fanciful enclaves of cartoons, pop culture, and attractions – sometimes for weeks at a time. Millions of people have fun at these bright, colorful attractions, but just a glance below the cheery façade reveals a whole sinister ideology made consumable by cute characters and thrill rides.

Consider Epcot. Half world of tomorrow where everything is owned by corporations, including your Imagination!™ brought to you by Kodak (Future World); Half colonial empire where certain nationalities get representation, but only for kitsch and cuisine value by the park (World Showcase).

The first thing that strikes you when you walk into Epcot is that almost every attraction, ride, pavilion, and station is owned or sponsored by some outside corporation – Everything, including every World Showcase pavilion except Morocco, which is financed by the kingdom of Mohammad VI. No surprises there when we're talking about Disney, whose films have spent the better part of 80 years apologizing for monarchy and making authoritarian rule palatable.

I'm not the first person to notice that a solid majority of the World Showcase pavilions are Western European or North American nations. The only African representation on the scene is Morocco, a North African, predominantly Arab country with the closest proximity to Western Europe. In other words, there are no predominantly black nations represented. Disney received so much backlash over this that they installed an "African-themed refreshment shop" (their words) called The Outpost, which is a collection of plastic and concrete huts ironically sandwiched between China and Germany. Somewhere Edward Said is shaking his head in disgust.

As a matter of socialist history, technically two socialist countries were represented in the original World Showcase when it opened in 1982. China, surprisingly, was the first country to agree to a pavilion, having recently thawed relations with the West under Nixon. The second was Germany, which in 1982 included the East and the West, even though Disney made no attempts to engage the German Democratic Republic in the process. Originally the Soviet Union wanted representation at the Showcase, but Disney refused when the government demanded the inclusion of overt socialist references. The spectre of communism couldn't quite break through the spectre of the late Walt Disney's deeply entrenched anti-communism.

Speaking of China, Disney scrubbed their pavilion of all mention of the term "People's Republic," and the closest you can get to "leftist merchandise" are the small hand-flags sold at the cash register. I spotted a single lone purse with a red star on it, clearly a holdover from a better, less repressive time at Walt Disney World. The rest of the exhibit focuses solely on ancient China, which I suspect appeases the Taiwanese visitors who can't seem to give up the ghost. Of course like most other pavilions in the World Showcase, China's rich national history and culture is reduced to crude architectural stereotypes designed to sell merchandise and food.

Sometimes the over-bearing corporate dominance in Epcot reaches hilariously and disturbingly ironic proportions: Chiquita Banana hosts a boat ride (Living with the Land) about agricultural ethics, and social and environmental responsibility – values, it seems, they forgot to convey to their hired death squads in Colombia and Guatemala. Coca Cola hosts a pavilion called ‘Club Cool' with free samples of soft drinks from around the world – all bought out, of course, by the monopoly giant Coca Cola, including a ginger ale created in the former People's Republic of Mozambique. Even the USA pavilion is brought to you by Coca Cola and American Express – fitting, I suppose, that a financial credit corporation and a transnational soft drink giant in this case literally own the United States, where almost all available merchandise is "Made in Taiwan."

But it's the much-lauded IllumiNations firework show takes the cake at Epcot. The breathtaking spectacle – complete with a flowery phrases about global unity – ends with a glowing blue light on the World Showcase Lagoon that reads, "Brought to you by Siemens." Yes, at Uncle Walt's proto-type international community of tomorrow, even the fireworks are brought to you by a German corporation that relied on concentration camp labor under the Nazis. But it's just par for the course when we consider Disney the man.

If you think I'm taking it too far, consider Uncle Walt's original concept for Epcot (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) in his own words: Epcot, according to Disney, "will always be a showcase to the world for the ingenuity and imagination of American free enterprise." It was intended as "a planned, controlled community, a showcase for American industry," with "no slum areas because we won't let them develop." Disney was adamant that no one would own their homes, and "therefore no voting control." Above all else, every resident at Epcot must work as a cog in the machine of the corporation – "There will be no retirees; everyone must be employed." (1) Living in a radial city that expanded outward, residents would be subject to constant surveillance and could have their homes regularly entered without their consent by authorities. Epcot was Disney's utopia – a perfectly fascist city, free from unions, privacy, democracy, and social security. When you could no longer work, Epcot would discard you to keep the corporation efficient.

Walt died in 1966, and his less ideological executive counterparts recognized that few would voluntarily live in these fascist conditions. They opted for a theme park instead, but not without drawing serious inspiration from Walt's original vision. After buying up land in Central Florida for a song using shell companies, Disney set to work on establishing total legal control of the territory. In 1967, the Florida legislature created the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID), which effectively granted total governing authority of the area to the corporation. Disney the corporation has gone to tremendous lengths to maintain said control, even de-annexing its new urban city Celebration to avoid granting homeowners a voice in municipal affairs. It's a truly corporate town with legal rights that the US government doesn't even recognize for other countries. According to the terms of the RCID, Walt Disney World Orlando effectively has greater legal standing to pursue a nuclear program than sovereign states like the Islamic Republic of Iran or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. I wish I were making it up.

My day-trip to Disney only brought me to Epcot, but it shocked me enough to consider the rest of the parks in a new light. The fascist tendencies of Walt Disney informed the creation of the Magic Kingdom and Epcot, and still play a role today. Are we really just waltzing through theme parks, or are we witnessing fun and fanciful scenes from Uncle Walt's own fascist dystopia?

The Magic Kingdom: a quasi-German volk community, by Disney's own admission, where fantastical beings and royalty regularly interact with every day peasants. Huge sprawling monuments of royalty and folklore, erected to inspire awe in the masses, dominate the skyline (Cinderella's Castle, Splash Mountain). The work day is scheduled around (and disrupted by) opulent parades thrown on the whims of Der Fuehrer, which the folk obediently attend and cheer a

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Mwen te kòmanse nan Orlando. Nan mitan lekòl, vizite magazen Disney te konsidere kòm yon "jaden vwayaj," pi kontraryete peyi m' ansyen santral Ilinwa camarades. Lè ou rete sèlman 40 minit nan sezon lete an destinasyon pou touris pifò moun, fasil pou jwenn laze sou Disney- ak pak amizman an jeneral – byen vit, menm ak rezidan Florid réduit tikè pri. Si ou ale nan magazen Disney yon sèl fwa twòp, ou konmanse constaté ti sa isit la gen yon touris mwayèn a pa chwazi. Ajoute sa ekstra UN politik yo nan yon travay ak lagè kont militan ki te tounen jennès nan "Happiest kote sou latè" sa a, ou fini ak yon kritik analiz over-politicized de Walt Disney mondyal. Rele l, "politik ekonomik la sourit Mickey."Sa se ekzateman kisa ki rive lè mwen te vizite sant Epcot sa a pase nan fen semèn nan ak mennaj mwen ak tout fanmi li. Anvan m' nenpòt lòt kote, m jis vle di nou te genyen yon délicieux jou ke otostòp, wè montre sa a, ap achte maladwatman trop manje ak bwè. Lè kritike Disney an jeneral, pifò moun reyaji pa mande tout bagay men ou menm imanite mande indignés, "Men, ou te fè plezi?" Se pou nou toujou chonje montre mwen te gen anpil gwo plezi.Mwen pwèske blame fim critique Matt Roth a ke essai, "A lyon wa: yon kout istwa nan magazen Disney Fascism," pou louvri sa a kapab-de-vè. Roth di fim Disney se yon inik mwayen kiltirèl te moutre ide kapitalis, rasis, sexist, homophobes, ak jeneralman oppressive ak leson pou timoun yo, originaires nan okenn lòt pase pou tèt li. Walt Disney, yon kolaboratè kominis lan avèk witch-hunts Senatè Joe McCarthy bò lane 1950, li te genyen tou yon documentés manm pati Nazi Ameriken an. Ogmante importance années Hollywood, "kote Mein Kampf te vann tankou hotcakes nan kwen jounal yo anpil," Roth manière diskite ke Nazism an te mande Disney paske "li pataje li conceit prejije, li opozisyon an chèf anvè endepandan òganize travay, aucune li nan urbanism, ak, pi wo tout, li rayi jwif yo."Analiz furieux Roth yo de a fachis ideoloji asirans Disney fim sa te enspire cho pou mwen pran yon arè ki pi prè gade enspire pa monnonk Walt a pwòp ezekilibre vision parks tèm yo. Poukisa se li enpòtan? Tout kat pak Disney yo nan Orlando-a sanp gouvènman, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, ak zannimo gouvènman-zòn nan an tèt 10 ki pi visité tèm pak nan mond lan, ak peyi sanp wa ki pèmèt kapti kote a an tèt. Chak jou, dè dizèn de milye de moun fanmi nan lemond pake nan sa yo fantaisistes enclaves animés, kilti pòp ak atraksyon – pafwa pou semèn nan yon moman. Dè milyon de moun ki pran plezi nan sa yo klere, koulè vif atraksyon, men sèlman yon gade anba a woz fasad devwale yon tout sinistre ideoloji fè consommables caractères bèl ak otostòp fortes.Konsidere Epcot. Mwatye mond lan sou demen kote tou sa ki pou kòperasyon, enkli imajinasyon ou! e te pote pou ou pa Kodak (tan kap vini sou latè), Mwatye kolonyal anpi kote nasyonalite yo konnen se jwenn reprezantasyon, men sèlman pou kitsch ak Dejena valè pa pak lan, (mondyal vitrin).Premye bagay grèv ou lè ou mache nan Epcot se sa pwèske tout plezi, woulib, pavilion, ak estasyon posede oubyen ke Kòporasyon andeyò kèk-tout bagay, ki genyen tout mond vitrin pavilion eksepte peyi maròk, ki Iran ap finanse pa a peyi wa ki nan Mohammad VI. Surprises pa gen lè nou pale osijè de Disney, fim ki te ap pase pi bon pati nan ane 80 apologizing pou monarchie li mete autoritaire dirije acceptables.Mwen pa premye moun remake ke yon manm majorite pavillons vitrin mondyal yo Ewopeyen peyi rejyon lwès oubyen Nò Ameriken nasyon. Sèlman Afriken reprezantasyon sou sèn se Maròk, yon nò Afwik, an majorite peyi Arab nan ak pi pwe dan pou peyi rejyon lwès Ewòp. Sa vie di, genyen pa nasyon an majorite nwa ki repwezante. Disney te resevwa anpil hòk an retou sou sa ke yo ki enstale yon "à santafrik rafraîchissement boutik" (pawòl yo) te rele pwive a, ki se yon koleksyon plastik ak konkrè kounouk iwonilman cette ant peyi Lachin ak Almay. Kèk kote a Edward pral souke tèt degoutans.Kòm yo kesyon de sosyalis istwa, teknikman de peyi sosyalis yo te repwezante nan orijinal vitrin mond lan lè li te louvwi nan 1982. Lachin, que, te premye peyi a dakò a yon pavilion, depi kèk tan gen décongelé relasyon li ak bò solèy kouche anba Nixon. Dezyèm lan te genyen Almay, ki nan 1982 gen ladan yo sou bò solèy leve ak nan lwès la, menm si Disney yo t' ap chache pa è Repiblik Demokratik Alman nan pwosesis la. Origine Inyon Sovyetik la te vle reprezantasyon nan bèl demonstrasyon a, men, Disney te refize lè gouvènman an te mande enklizyon ki aklè referans sosyalis. Spectre sistèm kominis a kase jan sa dwe fèt nan spectre a byen ta Walt Disney a pwofondman laj e kont sistèm kominis. Ap pale de peyi Lachin, Disney scrubbed pavilion yo nan tout chwa de la tèm "Moun an Repiblik", ak a pi pwe ou ka jwenn pou "pati gòch machandiz" yo ti men-drapo vann nan kès la. Mwen te takte yon sèl plise moun ki pa marye ak yon zetwal wouj sou li, byen klè yon holdover nan yon pi bon ti tan repwesif nan Walt Disney mondyal. Tout rès ekspoze a focuses sèlman sou ansyen Lachin, ki mwen sispèk appeases vle vizitè ki pa ka wè pou yo kite fantom lan. Men wi tankou pifò lòt pavillons nan vitrin sou latè a, peyi Lachin nan istwa nasyonal rich ak kilti redwi pou gwo soulye architectural stéréotypes ki fèt pou vann machandiz ak manje.Pafwa avanse portant dominasyon kòpore lame an nan Epcot rive nan proportions fwa ak encore ironik: Chiquita bannann hôtes yon kannòt woulib (vivan ansanm ak peyi a) sou bon agrikòl, ak sosyal ak anviwònman responsabilite-valè, li sanble, yo te bliye tansmèt pou yo anplwaye ploton egzekisyon nan Kolonbi ak nan Gwatemala. Koka kola hôtes pavilion yon te rele 'Club fre' ak libète échantillons de mou bwè nan lemond-tout te achte, men wi, pa monopoli gwo koka kola, ki gen yon byè jenjanm te kreye nan ansyen moun an Repiblik nan Mozanbik. Menm a nan Etazini pavilion te pote pou ou pa koka kola ak Ameriken eksprime-nòmal, mwen panse, ke yon kòperasyon finansye kredi ak yon jeyan transnational bweson ki nan ka sa mo pou mo posede nan Etazini, ki kote prèske tout machandiz disponib "te fè nan Taiwan."Men, se a anpil IllumiNations fedatifis montre pran pen a nan Epcot. A le program-nèt ak yon flowery fraz yo sou mondyal inite-fini ak yon lumineux limyè ble sou mondyal lagon bèl demonstrasyon pou ou te ka li, "te pote pou ou pa Siemens." Wi, nan monnonk Walt proto jan de kominote entènasyonal nan denmen, menm fireworks ki te pote pou ou pa yon Kòporasyon Alman ki est sou travay konsantrasyon kan anba renmen itilize nan elèksyon yo. Men, li se jis kèk egalite pou kou a, lè nou konsidere Disney nonm lan.Si ou panse mwen ap pran li twò lwen, konsidere konsèp orijinal monnonk Walt pou Epcot (sperimantal pwototip kominote nan denmen) nan sa l' pwòp: Epcot, selon Disney, "toujou a va yon divètisman pou mond lan pou ingéniosité ak imajinasyon nan Ameriken lib antrepwiz." Li te fèt pou te "yon plan, kontwole kominote yo, yon bèl demonstrasyon pou endistri Ameriken an," ak "pa bidonvil zòn yo paske nou pa vle kite yo devlope." Disney te genyen detèmine ke pa gen moun ta ka posede kay yo, ak "se pou sa pa ke kontwòl." Pi wo tout lòt, chak rezidan nan Epcot dwe travay kòm yon cog nan machin ki kòperasyon an – "pa pwal gen okenn retraités, tout moun dwe fè te anplwaye." (1) rete nan yon radial vil ki te elaji l', rezidan yo ta sijè pou toutan siveyans e te kapab fè lakay yo regilyèman te antre nan san konsantman yo pa otorite yo. Epcot te genyen Disney a utopia-yon pafètman fachis vil, kit ak Inyon yo, sou enfòmasyon prive, demokrasi ak sekirite sosyal. Lè ou p'ap ka travay, Epcot ta jete pou pwoteje a Kòporasyon efikas.Walt te mouri nan 1966 ak tokay egzekitif mwens ideoloji li te rekonèt ke kèk ta ka pou kont li rete nan kondisyon fachis sa yo. Yo te chwazi pou yon tèm pak Okontrè, men li pa trase yon ouf serye nan vizyon orijinal Walt a. Apwè li te achte moute peyi nan santral Florid pou yon chante pou yo chante ap itilize kal konpayi yo, Disney pwepare yo pou yo travay sou etabli total de kontwòl legal teritwa an. An 1967, pouvwa lejislatif Florid te kreye a Reedy Creek amelyorasyon distri (RCID), ki te akòde efektivman total de D' otorite nan zòn nan pou kòperasyon an. Disney Kòporasyon a ale pou longè fòmidab pou kenbe kontwòl te di, menm afè mete tout nouvo vil vil selebrasyon pou evite bay pwopriyetè tande yon vwa nan zafè minisipal. Li se yon vil se vre wi: kòpore lame an ak dwa legal sa gouvènman AMERIKEN an menm pa rekonèt pou lòt peyi yo. Selon tèm RCID a, Walt Disney mondyal Orlando ke te gen pi gwo legal kanpe pou pouswiv yon pwogram nikleyè ke souverènte Etazini tankou Repiblik Islamik Iran oubyen Repiblik la Kore di pèp demokratik la. Mwen swete ke mwen te fè l'.M' jou vwayaj pou Disney sèlman te pote m' pou Epcot, men li te shoke m' ase pou yo konsidere tout rès pak yo nan yon nouvo limyè. Fachis chaje de Walt Disney te enfòme kreyasyon sanp peyi wa a ak Epcot, e toujou jwe yon wòl jodi a. Nou vwèman inikman waltzing nan tèm pak, oubyen nou m' a bay avètisman ki amizan epi fantaisiste sèn nan dystopia fachis monnonk Walt a pwòp?Sanp wa a: yon volk pati Almay kominote yo, ke Disney a pwòp admisyon, kote bèt fantastical ak redevances regilyèman interagir ak chak jou peyizan yo. Yon gwo moniman sòt viv moman latèrè redevances ak Fòlkò, érigée plis gen eskente nan yon pil yo, domine la skyline (Castle Cendrillon a, sou mòn tchouboum). Jou travay la te pwograme nan (ak perturbé pa) opulent parad voye ni de Der Fuehrer, ki nan peyi yo san pa fè rebèl ale nan epi/remonte sou yon

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Mwen te grandi nan Orlando. Nan lekòl mwayen, vizite Disney te konsidere kòm yon "pwomnad," anpil chagren an nan ansyen Illinois kamarad klas santral mwen. Lè w ap viv sèlman 40 minit nan ete destinasyon pou touris pi fò moun nan, li fasil jwenn boule soti sou Disney - ak pak amizman an jeneral - trè byen vit, menm avèk rezidan Florid la rabè pri tikè. Si ou ale nan Disney yon sèl fwa twò anpil, ou kòmanse remarke bagay ti kras isit la epi gen ki touris an mwayèn pa ranmase. Ajoute ke envestigasyon siplemantè nan politik yo nan yon travay ak anti-lagè aktivis yo te tounen ki lach nan "ereu kote ki sou Latè," epi ou fini ak yon analiz sou-politize enpòtan nan Walt Disney World. Rele li, "ekonomi an politik nan Mickey Mouse." Sa a egzakteman sa ki te pase lè m 'te vizite Sant lan Epcot nan fen semèn sa sot pase ak mennaj mwen ak fanmi li. Anvan m 'ale nenpòt ki pi lwen, mwen jis vle di nou te gen yon jou plezir nan monte parcours, wè montre, ak achte manje èkstrèmeman ovèrprisèd ak bwason. Lè kritike Disney an jeneral, pifò moun reyaji pa kesyone tout, men limanite trè ou a ak kesyon an 'kontan menm, "Men, sa ou te pran plezi?" Se pou montre a dosye, mwen te gen yon anpil plezi. Mwen sitou blame tè-kase redaksyon fim kritik Matt Roth a, "Lyon wa a: Yon istwa kout nan Disney fachism," pou louvri sa a kapab-of-vè. Roth diskite ke fim Disney se yon inik vle di kiltirèl nan kapitalis ansèyman, rasis, lide seksis, omofob, epi jeneralman opresif ak leson nan timoun, ki soti nan okenn lòt pase nonm sa a tèt li. Walt Disney, yon kolaboratè anti-kominis ak sòsyè-lachas Senatè Joe McCarthy a nan ane 1950 yo, se te tou yon manm dokimante, nan Pati a Nazi Ameriken an. Rising nan importance nan ane 1930 Hollywood, "kote men Kampf vann tankou hotcakes nan jounal kwen," Roth konvenkant diskite ke Nazi fè apèl a Disney paske "li te pataje limajinasion li yo nan sipremasi blan, opozisyon li yo nan direksyon pou endepandan travay òganize, abominasion li yo nan urbanisme, ak , pi wo a tout moun, rayi li yo nan jwif yo. "Roth nan zanpoud analiz de ideoloji nan fachis souscription fim Disney enspire m 'pran yon gade pi pre nan pak yo tèm enspire pa pwòp Visions Dimans Tonton Walt la. Poukisa li enpòtan? Tout kat nan pak yo Disney nan Orlando - Peyi Wa ki majik, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, ak Animal Kingdom - yo klase nan tèt 10 pi vizite pak yo tèm nan mond lan, ak Peyi Wa ki majik kaptire plas nan tèt. Chak jou, dè dizèn de milye nan fanmi yo soti nan atravè pake a mond nan sa yo anklav chimerik nan Cartoons, kilti pòp, ak atraksyon - pafwa pou semèn nan yon tan. Dè milyon de moun ki gen plezi nan atraksyon sa yo byen klere, kolore, men jis Yon ti koutje sou anba a fasad la ge revele yon antye dezas ideoloji te fè konsomasyon pa karaktè cute ak parcours frison. Konsidere Epcot. Mwatye mond nan demen kote tout bagay se posede pa kòporasyon yo, ki gen ladan Imajinasyon ou ™ mennen l 'bay ou pa Kodak (Future Mondyal)!; Mwatye anpi kolonyal kote sèten nasyonalite jwenn reprezantasyon, men se sèlman pou ponpye ak valè cuisine pa pak la (World Ekspozisyon). Premye bagay ki frape ou lè ou mache nan Epcot se ke prèske chak atraksyon, woulib, Pavilion, ak estasyon se posede oswa patwone pa kèk sosyete deyò - Tout, ki gen ladan chak Pavilion Mondyal Ekspozisyon eksepte Maròk, ki se finanse pa Peyi Wa ki nan Mohammad VI. Pa gen supriz gen lè nou ap pale de Disney, ki gen fim te pase pati nan pi bon nan 80 ane èkskuz pou monachi ak fè règ otoritè manjabl. Mwen pa premye moun ki remake ke yon majorite solid nan paviyon yo Mondyal Ekspozisyon yo Western Ewopeyen an oswa Nò Ameriken nasyon. Sèlman reprezantasyon nan Afriken sou sèn nan se Maròk, yon Afriken Nò, peyi majorite Arab ak pwoksimite a pi pre lwès Ewòp. Nan lòt mo, pa gen okenn nasyon majorite nwa reprezante. Disney resevwa anpil repèkisyon sou sa a yo ke yo enstale yon "Afriken-tematik boutik restorer" (mo yo) rele Pòs la, ki se yon koleksyon an plastik epi ki konkrè kabin iwonilman Sandwitch ant Lachin ak Almay. Yon kote Edward Di se souke tèt li nan degou. Kòm yon kesyon de istwa sosyalis, teknikman de peyi sosyalis yo te reprezante nan orijinal Mondyal Ekspozisyon an lè li louvri nan 1982. Lachin, etonan, te peyi a premye yo dakò ak yon pavillion, li te gen dènyèman relasyon deglase ak West la anba Nixon. Dezyèm lan te Almay, ki nan 1982 enkli Lès la ak Lwès la, menm si pa gen okenn tantativ Disney te fè angaje German Repiblik Demokratik nan pwosesis la. Originally Inyon Sovyetik te reprezantasyon nan Ekspozisyon an, men Disney refize lè gouvènman an mande enklizyon de soutyen ouvè referans sosyalis. Specter a nan kominis pa t 'kapab byen kraze nan Specter a nan pwofondman consacré anti-kominis an reta Walt Disney a. Pale de Lachin, Disney netwaye Pavilion yo nan tout mansyone nan tèm "Repiblik Pèp la," ak ki pi pre a ou kapab jwenn nan " gochis machandiz "yo se ti men-drapo yo vann nan enskri nan lajan kach. Mwen takte yon sèl valiz Lone ki gen yon zetwal wouj sou li, byen klè yon holdover soti nan yon, mwens represif tan pi bon nan Walt Disney World. Rès la nan egzibisyon an konsantre sèlman sou ansyen peyi Lachin, ki mwen sispèk apèz vizitè yo okenn ki pa ka sanble yo bay moute mouri. . Natirèlman tankou pifò lòt paviyon an Ekspozisyon Mondyal la, se istwa nasyonal rich Lachin nan ak kilti redwi nan brut Estereyotip achitekti fèt nan vann machandiz ak manje Pafwa-pote sou a dominasyon rèstriktirasyon nan Epcot rive nan jwa ak enkyetan pwopòsyon ironik: Chiquita Bannann gen tout pouvwa a yon woulib bato (K ap viv ak Tè an) sou etik agrikòl, ak sosyal ak anviwònman responsablite - valè, li sanble, yo bliye tansmèt ploton lanmò yo anplwaye nan Kolonbi ak Gwatemala. Koka kola gen tout pouvwa a yon Pavilion rele 'Club Cool' ak echantiyon gratis nan bwason mou yo atravè mond la - tout te achte soti, nan kou, pa jeyan nan monopoli koka kola, ki enkli yon ale jenjanm ki te kreye nan ansyen Repiblik la Pèp la nan Mozanbik. Menm se Pavilion la USA mennen l 'bay ou pa koka kola ak Ameriken Express - Fitting, Mwen ta kwè, ki yon sosyete kredi finansye ak yon transnasyonal mou bwè jeyan nan ka sa a literalman posede peyi Etazini, ki kote prèske tout ki disponib machandiz "te fè nan Taiwan . "Men, li la Illuminations yo anpil-jwenn anpil aplodisman feu montre pran gato a nan Epcot. Spektak a mayifik - ranpli ak yon fraz orne sou inite mondyal - fini ak yon lumineux limyè ble sou World Showcase Lagoon a ki li, "Pote nan ou pa Siemens." Wi, nan PROTO-kalite kominote entènasyonal Tonton Walt a nan demen, menm fedatifis yo yo mennen l 'bay ou pa yon sosyete Alman ki konte sou travay kan konsantrasyon anba Nazi yo. Men, li la jis par pou kou a lè nou konsidere Disney nonm sa a. Si ou panse mwen pran li twò lwen, konsidere orijinal konsèp Tonton Walt a pou Epcot (eksperimantal Pwototip Kominote de Denmen) nan pwòp mo li yo: Epcot, dapre Disney, "ap toujou gen yon vitrin nan mond lan pou entèlijans la ak imajinasyon nan Endyen gratis antrepriz." Li te gen entansyon kòm "yon, kominote te planifye kontwole, yon divètisman pou endistri Ameriken yo," ak "pa gen okenn zòn bidonvil paske nou pa vle kite yo devlope." Disney te detèmine ke pa gen okenn youn ta posede kay yo, ak "Se poutèt sa pa gen okenn kontwòl vòt." Pi wo pase tout lòt bagay, chak rezidan nan Epcot dwe travay kòm yon segondèr nan machin nan nan sosyete a - "Pa pral genyen okenn retrete; dwe tout moun ap travay." (1) K ap viv nan yon vil radial ki elaji deyò, moun ki abite ta dwe sijè a siveyans konstan ak te kapab gen kay yo regilyèman te antre nan san konsantman yo lè yo otorite yo. Epcot te Disney a Utopia - yon vil parfe fachis, gratis nan sendika yo, vi prive, demokrasi, ak sekirite sosyal. Lè ou pa kapab travay, Epcot ta jete ou kenbe sosyete a efikas. Walt te mouri nan 1966, ak mwens ideolojik tokay egzekitif l 'yo te rekonèt sa kèk ta volontèman ap viv nan kondisyon fachis sa yo. Yo opte pou yon tèm pak olye de sa, men se pa san yo pa fè desen enspirasyon grav soti nan vizyon orijinal Walt la. Apre achte moute nan tè nan peyi santral Florid pou yon chante lè l sèvi avèk konpayi koki, Disney mete nan travay sou etabli total kontwòl legal nan teritwa a. Nan 1967, lejislati Florid la kreye Reedy Creek Amelyorasyon Distri a (RCID), ki efektivman akòde manm otorite gouvène nan zòn nan sosyete a. Disney te sosyete a ale nan longè fòmidab yo kenbe di kontwòl, menm de-anèkse nouvo li yo Selebrasyon Lekòl la iben pou fè pou evite akòde pwopriyetè kay yon vwa nan zafè minisipal yo. Li se yon vil se vre wi: rèstriktirasyon ak dwa legal ki gouvènman ameriken an pa menm rekonèt pou lòt peyi yo. Dapre kondisyon ki nan RCID a, Walt Disney World Orlando efektivman gen pi gwo kanpe legal yo pouswiv yon pwogram nikleyè pase eta souveren tankou Repiblik Islamik la nan Iran oswa Repiblik Pèp la Demokratik la nan Kore di. Mwen swete mwen te fè l 'kanpe. Mwen jou-vwayaj nan Disney sèlman mennen m' Epcot, men li choke m 'ase yo konsidere rès la nan pak yo nan yon limyè nouvo. Tandans yo fachis nan Walt Disney enfòme kreyasyon an nan Peyi Wa ki majik ak Epcot, epi li toujou jwe yon wòl jodi a. Èske nou vrèman jis waltzing nan pak tèm, oswa yo nou temwen plezi ak sèn chimerik soti nan pwòp fachis dystopia Tonton Walt a? Peyi Wa ki majik: yon kominote volk kazi-Alman, pa admisyon pwòp Disney a, kote èt embesil ak wayote regilyèman kominike avèk chak jou peyizan. Gwan moniman etandu nan wayote ak tradisyon, bati nan enspire tranble nan mas yo, domine Skyline a (Castle Cinderella la, Splash Mountain). Jou a travay la pwograme alantou (ak deranje pa) parad abondance jete sou fantezi yo nan Der Fuehrer, ki popilè nan obeyisan ale ak aplodi yon