First off, they are trying to monopolize the whole movie industry by buying out Marvel, Star Wars and now Fox's assets.
Then they will try to conquer the television industry by buying the majority of Hulu and will try to take down Netflix who is actually producing a lot of good stuff.
The countless formulaic films they release and the critics who just gobble them up endlessly are annoying.
They are one of the leading promoters of the TPP that so many Americans swore they were adamantly against, yet many of these Americans go buy $12 tickets to help them stay powerful and later try to sue the living crap out of the small guys in south pacific Asia and only god knows where else. Supporting Disney is pretty much supporting a future TPP on its way back.
I came up with the term of the 'martyrdom of Disney" when I watched Rogue One. After watching that movie I realized that all those people who die in it, pretty much died for nothing. There was nothing heroic about what they did since the evil empire takes over some forty odd years later anyway. So I don't understand what the hell the whole point of all those people dying in Rogue One is considering the empire or "the bad guys" win anyway. This makes it look as if Disney is promoting a positive view on martyrdom which is just quite simply sick.
Also the idea of promoting continuous war and making it look positive and having value to continue the silly Star Wars story line is very Orwellian and indicates that Disney is very much perpetuating the idea that war must be continuos and necessary.
As if that wasn't enough they tried to buy the rights to "Dia de los Muertos" a Mexican cultural tradition. Yes they tried to copyright an actual part of culture just to make some generic stereotypical movie. And if that is not scary, then I don't know what else is.
For a long time and probably still now they were/are a child exploitation factory. I mean if it is not bad enough that they make money primarily off of children and brainwash them to believe they have to buy their products, well they're also a breeding ground of exploiting youth and most likely messing them up as young people and in the long run. Look at how fucked up Shia Labeouf is now, look at Demi Levato's drug addiction, look at Miley Cyrus.
Also, as Bernie points out, they pay crap wages to their employees at their theme parks while their CEOs make more millions. All this while they profit off of outsourcing and making most of their products in third world countries.
Last Word: Now I know that Disney is a big corporation that produces a lot of good films and many which I end up streaming. My boycott however is refusing attendance in the movie theatre and paying the hefty price for their continuing agenda to monopolize the movie industry. The more money we give to their big blockbuster films; the more the demand for all films studios to have to compete with only the big budget productions. This would be and already is terrible for most of the studios who produce lower budget indie films. Don't get me wrong, I love the original Star Wars movies and the new ones have been excellent, but I will no longer be spending the $12 or more of my hard earned money to give more power to such a "too big to fail" corporation. I will be watching The Last Jedi for free one day.
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