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rlritt's avatar

I don't think it would be wise for Disney to move, but they have been around longer than DeSantis. What bothers me is that I always thought Republicans are good for business, but DeSantis is attacking the biggest employer in Florida. Disney has been there way longer than DeSantis, and is way more beneficial to the state.

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Douglas Peterson's avatar

In the Harold Lloyd silent comedy "Safety Last," Harold climbs up the side of a skyscraper for a monetary prize . As he makes the death-defying climb, several obstacles impede his progress and threaten to send him hurtling downward. (You no doubt remember the scene with him dangling from the large swinging clockface.)

One of the obstacles is a little mouse that manages to climb up the leg of Harold's trousers. As Harold dances around on a tiny ledge trying to shake the mouse out, he gets closer and closer to falling.

Yes, Governor DeSantis, Disney has climbed up your trousers, and you are dancing around for your political life trying to shake it out. I'm betting that unlike Harold, you're going to fall, and the mouse is going to jump to the ledge just in time to watch.

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Deutschmeister's avatar

I suspect it depends on what incentives other states might offer. Agreed that Disney would not move, with all of the upheaval involved, simply out of spite. But as a business they go where the money flows, and if Georgia, the Carolinas, maybe others, would offer them a comprehensive package that is a better long-term deal, they would have to take the offer seriously and do their due diligence on it. DeSantis is opening the door to that, quite unnecessarily. If I were him I would tread very lightly there, knowing that Disney has cards to play and no small amount of leverage. But if he is dumb enough to have picked this fight in the first place, it's hard to trust him to get smart now and see how much Disney butters the state's bread every day. It seems to be obvious to almost everyone but him and his most ardent supporters.

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rlritt's avatar

I think you're right. I fear what he might do to business if he became President. And I can't believe I'm saying that about a Republican.

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Marla's avatar

That's my take on it also. Georgia and the Carolinas are not good bets. Remember NC's bathroom bill? The state is turning redder and redder. Any southern state would be a huge risk and not worth the cost. It think it makes more sense for them to stay in Florida and fight. Because ultimately I think they have more power than DeSantis.

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buns-n-butter's avatar

Fascists are Romantics. They want to conserve/recreate a mythical past rather than an actual one. See Hermann Goering posing as a Teutonic knight.

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They're pathetic.

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