Incredibly libertarian

Damn you, SondraK! Damn you!

I had intended to be the first blogger on the block to write about “The Incredibles.” I wanted to see it because I am a huge fan of Pixar and of the era of superhero comics that inspired the movie.

What I — and many other bloggera, apparently — did not realize that this movie is full of libertarian messages.

I intended to blog about these messages, and applaud the movie’s makers for their successful insertion of libvertarian thinking into a movie that is sure to be seen by kids and parents everywhere.

But SondraK beat me to it. She even linked to this article:

Countless articles and books have exposed the injustice of egalitarian policies, from affirmative action to “comparable worth” pay. Economists have documented their destructive effects. Newspapers bring daily reports of egalitarian lunacy: a school that won’t post honor rolls, lest it be sued by parents of C students; SAT tests “re-normed” to boost the scores of minorities; a teacher hauled up before a college court for using the word “niggardly,” taken as a slur by semantically challenged students. None of this seems to have done much to stem the egalitarian tide.

Who would have thought that an animated film would finally touch a nerve, putting egalitarians on the defensive? That is the achievement of Pixar Studio’s new hit, The Incredibles, the story of a family of superheroes who struggle against the reign of mediocrity and finally break free to excel. Along the way it skewers the dumbing down of schools, the mantra that everyone is special, and the laws that give losers special status as victims.

It’s a juicy article, and I’ll let anyone who wants to read some of the details of the movie go do it themselves, ’cause it’s packed full of spoilers.

I just hope the MSM — the mainstream media — doesn’t gets wind of this, because it will force them to stop discussing the movie in glowing terms, but about how it is sneaking dangerous right-wing ideas into cartoons and corrupting the minds out of youth (and making educational bureaucrats look like idiots).

And I just hope that there’s a sequel and a weekly television series to follow.