What I learned working 6 years at the (not so) Wonderful World of Disney

Brain-washing and indoctrination is apparently a part of the workers' training and daily life at Disney

It appears that Bernie Sanders was spot on about Disney's corporate culture of greed contributing to a rigged economy on Wall Street with corporations reaping huge profits while exploiting its workers to the point they cannot even make ends meet.

An article in the Thrillist today chronicled the life of one Disney World cast members who worked six years at Walt Disney World who confirmed on the record, "When you make $8 an hour, 40 hours on the clock isn't gonna pay your bills."

At that rate, the average full-time cast member at Walt Disney World would only be expected to make $16,640 a year, before taxes cuts into that meager amount of money.

That's worse than what a burger-flipper makes at McDonalds, working part-time, folks!

Disney's motto for its workers seems to be: work harder, get paid less than everyone else, but make our executives richer in the meantime.

In May, Bernie Sanders harshly criticized Disney at a political rally in Anaheim, California, right next to the Disneyland Resort, for contributing to a corporate culture of greed in America that profits off the misery of exploiting its workers.

He accused companies like Disney of raking in huge profits while underpaying their employees, the majority of whom live below the poverty line and don't make a living wage from their meager earnings from Disney.

"It's an example of what we're talking about when we talk about a rigged economy," Sanders said. "Disney pays its workers wages that are so low that many of them are forced to live in motels because they can't afford a decent place to live."

To which, Iger responded in a snippy knee-jerk fashion on Facebook saying, "To Bernie Sanders: We created 11,000 new jobs at Disneyland in the past decade, and our company has created 18,000 in the US in the last five years. How many jobs have you contributed to the US economy?"

My, my! Touchy, indeed!

The article also talks about Disney making all its "cast" workers go through a "Disney indoctrination" process, where you're shown endless brain-washing propaganda about the history of Disney, the parks, and the feeling the word "Disney" evokes in people.

Apparently, the most important job that its "cast" workers have to do is to keep this same illusion of Disney's fantasy world of contentment alive in, not only guests, but also to fellow workers, reminiscent of George Orwell's dystopian world in 1984.

Apparently, to buy into this mindset, you have to really drink the Kool-Aid that Disney serves up. Nice!