Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.
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Published 2020-10-12
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Walt Disney and the Quest for Community by Steve Mannheim
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All Comments (21)
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Walt Disney was absolutely ahead of his time, he was the first person who developed a crippling SimCity addiction
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I love the overarching reason behind Epcot is "Old Walt trying to stop shit that annoyed him."
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i dont wanna be remembered for cartoons. i wanna be remembered for something fucking insane
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"There will be no retirees" Walt, retirees are 20% of Florida's population.
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I get the feeling Walt Disney would’ve really loved the sims.
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Meanwhile in an alternate universe: Today on Defunctland, we will discuss the history of Walt Disney's EPCOT, from it's inception, it's opening, the political problems, and the infamous 1974 riots that led to it's collapse, as well as explore the ruins of this controversial autocratic city.
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I clicked expecting a theme park documentary and ended up learning that the bioshock games were a lot closer to potential reality than I'd thought
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Despite how dystopian epcot would have been, Walt's thoughts on pedestrian-centric urban planning and gamified remote learning are surprisingly prescient for a mid-century mogul.
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Walt Disney: "Death is not an acceptable Topic" Also Walt Disney: dies
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"It is worth noting that the unruly generation Walt was attempting to corral, was in fact, the baby boomers" My, how the times, and roles, have changed.
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I really want a dystopian film based on these plans. Everything is EXACTLY how Walt planned it, but it's the furthest thing from paradise
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As a former Disney World employee: According to management , EPCOT stands for "every paycheck comes on Thursday." :D
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Walt really said "I'm a good animator, so I think I can manage a small dictatorship"
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Walt Disney really kept that childish innocence up to his old age, including the childish desire to become the iron-fisted dictator of a utopia.
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As someone who's been to Florida several times I'm convinced there's something there that turns you insane the more you stay.
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I am grateful I live in the timeline where I have to wait 3 hours to see a talking raccoon at Epcot and not the timeline where people are essentially a zoo exhibit with zero rights.
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Florida Man Attempts to Create Autonomous Dictatorship in Swamp
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Walt Disney's plans for Epcot sound like the motivation and goals of a Pokémon villain
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I work at Epcot now. Never thought I would, but literally every single day I use information learned from this video to explain things to my guests
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The fact that Walt thinks he has to be more than a storyteller to make impacts on people's lives when the very existence of Disney World continues to drive Florida's economy is deeply, deeply ironic.
