tandempower

Disney emerged during the post WWII automotive-suburbanism movement, before the sprawl and traffic in places like California and Florida got out of control. Disney believed that progress doesn't produce perfection, but that it continues to strive to move forward to a better tomorrow. Disney also saw promise in automation. The most interesting expression of Disney's philosophy on progress I've seen in recent years is in the movie, Tommorowland, where the conflict is between the abuse of dystopianism as a way for people to consume forecasts of doom and reviving utopianism as the spirit of achieving a (sustainable) future that transcends the inevitability of doom. Disney is not about defending cars or anything else, except maybe insofar as they were a product of utopian dreams. Really it's about maintaining hope and faith in a better world through progress beyond status quo, rooted in the human capacity to think/imagine/dream beyond foreseeable limits. Disney doesn't dwell on the limits, because they are sensitive to the spirit of discouragement, but they are implicit in the will to overcome them through progress into something better and more sustainable.