Sidestepping issue of copyright and corporate greed which is the usual HN complaint.
Disney promotes a harmful world view and perpetuates unreasonable expectations. It hooks into the same sort of cognitive dissonance that religions do, but by targeting young people it can propagate views without the need to be consistent with the real world. Now personally I elevate that harm because they are specificity targeting children.
Try reading the original Peter pan / Alice in wonderland etc etc and consider what about these stories are changed and for what reasons.
PS: It's also rather insidious, look at what older generations thought of childhood and compare it to today. If you dig into things like divorce rates it's not really specifically their fault, but myth really does inform people about human nature and prepare them for dealing with other people.
Disney promotes a harmful world view and perpetuates unreasonable expectations. It hooks into the same sort of cognitive dissonance that religions do, but by targeting young people it can propagate views without the need to be consistent with the real world. Now personally I elevate that harm because they are specificity targeting children.
Try reading the original Peter pan / Alice in wonderland etc etc and consider what about these stories are changed and for what reasons.
PS: It's also rather insidious, look at what older generations thought of childhood and compare it to today. If you dig into things like divorce rates it's not really specifically their fault, but myth really does inform people about human nature and prepare them for dealing with other people.