Whenever I think about my childhood, two things always stand out to me. For one, it was a much easier life back then, especially since I didn’t have to think about adult topics like work or politics. Kids aren’t supposed to worry about those things, and I thankfully didn’t have to.

On the other hand, I was raised on what I’d call unconventional media. Whenever I went to school and talked with other kids, they always talked about Disney and Pixar, while I talked about Star Trek, Quantum Leap, and Veggietales. Quite the combination, and one that didn’t exactly make me popular with the guys in my class. Not that I cared at the time, I was too busy trying to be a better student after my first few years in school being filled with all sorts of visits to the principal’s office. I was a pretty bad kid back in the day, if I’m being honest.

It’s not like I didn’t watch any Disney at all, however. My family and I did go to see things like Toy Story 3 and Up (my personal favorite to this day) in the theaters, and we did have movie nights quite often, with The Lion King and Aladdin being watched more than a few times. However, despite how many times I watched those older movies, most of them never really stuck with me. I wasn’t really a musical guy, and that still hasn’t changed to this day. Even at a young age, I liked movies and shows that were above my age range. Whether that ended up being a good thing or not, I have yet to find out.

What I do know is that I’m now very grateful that my parents didn’t raise me purely on Disney, and that they weren’t big Disney people themselves. I’m also glad that I was born when I was, because I feel that it saved me from the recent tide of propaganda that’s being passed as children’s entertainment. What do I mean by that? Well, let me explain.

In the last decade or so, Disney movies have been gradually becoming worse and worse, with a blatant agenda and a lack of true creativity being the biggest reasons why. Instead of the company being all about whimsy and celebrating the joy of children’s stories, it has now become a den of toxic politics and virulently far-left rhetoric, sending out dangerous messages to kids at ages where they can be easily influenced to do things that they’ll regret later on.

“But author, what do you mean by “a blatant agenda”? What are you talking about?”

Great question. At the end of March last year, video leaked of an executive producer at Disney in a meeting talking about what she called her “not-so-secret gay agenda”, as well as her disagreement with Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s new bill regarding the teaching of sex ed in Floridian schools. In case you aren’t aware of what this bill entails, here’s a direct quote from the governor’s website.

“The bill prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through 3^rd grade and prohibits instruction that is not age appropriate for students and requires school districts to adopt procedures for notifying parents if there is a change in services from the school regarding a child’s mental, emotional or physical health or well-being.”

Now, I have my own thoughts on DeSantis, but in the words of modern internet users, that entire bill is a “massive W”. Kids that young have neither a need nor a reason to be learning about topics like transgenderism or homosexuality at that age, and it can cause even more confusion than they likely already have about the world.

Disney, however, disagrees with this. They want to promote these ideals, and they want to be as flagrant as possible, the biggest example I can think of being a full-screen lesbian kiss scene from Lightyear, which was released last year. Now, as a Christian, I should make it clear that I have a direct opposition to everything that the LGBT agenda stands for. Not the people, but the agenda. The lifestyle it promotes, as well as the actions that it demands from people, both contradict God’s design of the world at large, and only lead to ruin. Our children do not need this in their lives, and they don’t need to have it shoved in their faces when they go to the movies.

Back to Disney. When the clip I mentioned above was released, it sparked a war of sorts. One which is still going on to this day, and one that I think is slowly being won by the right side. Parents and politicians hearing about how Disney wants to make their films as gay as possible, as well as liberal as possible, have made significant efforts to combat this, and so far their efforts have been rewarded.

When taking a look at recent box office numbers, they are quite alarming: 4 out of the last 5 major Disney releases have been flops, with the newest Indiana Jones being the most recent example of this. For a movie that cost well over $350 million to make, only grossing just over $300 million is disastrous, especially since it was meant to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer.

It’s not just the newest Indy, however. The third Ant-Man, the Little Mermaid remake, and Elemental, which were all released this year, have all either massively under-performed or barely made ends meet. On paper, these appeared to be smash hits for the Mouse, and they were projected to make the company well north of their budgets. That hasn’t happened. When your highest grossing movie of the year is the third Guardians of the Galaxy (which was surprisingly very good, I recommend it), there are some massive issues. Most striking is this: for the first time in many years, Disney won’t have a movie that reaches $1 billion worldwide.

You can chalk this up to a few reasons, one of them being the lack of creativity I mentioned before. However, based off of what families I know have been saying, along with general internet discourse, I think the largest reason for why families are no longer going to the theater to see these movies are because of the agenda I’ve been ragging on this entire post. The saying of “go woke, go broke” is being fully realized, and it’s honestly about time.

So, what’s next? I mean, it seems like it’s pretty straightforward: Disney is pursuing an agenda which is pissing people off, and moviegoers are fighting back.

I’ll tell you what’s next: this needs to keep happening. Even though the execs at Disney are probably starting to realize the consequences of their actions, it needs to be made even clearer. Parents want to take their kids to movies where politics aren’t forced down their throats, and they want to have a simple, fun time. Disney, and Hollywood as a whole, need to be knocked down a peg or two, and that can be done with rejecting their messages. It starts and ends with money, and the less money we give them, the less relevant they will be.

Don’t give money to Disney anymore. Go see real movies. That’s all.