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* AntiVillain: Though President Disney makes one disastrous mistake after another, he genuinely is well-meaning. For example, he only supports segregation because a high profile hate crime convinces him that blacks & whites aren't ready to live together. Further, the worst decisions and actions seem to be committed by manipulative underlings and more distant followers as he sinks into a helpless depression. The only time he clearly comes off as a bad guy is when his kneejerk anti-Semitism poisons relations with Israel and causes them to side with the Soviets.
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* AntiVillain: Though President Disney makes one disastrous mistake after another, he genuinely is well-meaning. For example, he only supports segregation because a high profile hate crime the lynching of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till Emmett Till]] convinces him that blacks & whites aren't ready to live together. Further, the worst decisions and actions seem to be committed by manipulative underlings and more distant followers as he sinks into a helpless depression. The only time he clearly comes off as a bad guy is when his kneejerk anti-Semitism poisons relations with Israel and causes them to side with the Soviets.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: The story smashes apart the idea of a famous celebrity becoming President. While Walt does have a few achievements under his belt as President, he lacks the mental fortitude to deal with the various crises of civil disorder and race relations. He allows himself to be manipulated by people who mismanage those crises for their own gain, and eventually [[spoiler: Walt effectively breaks down and becomes a sickly alcholic, unable to cope with the horrible realities around him]].
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* {{Deconstruction}}: The story smashes apart the idea of a famous celebrity becoming President. While Walt does have a few achievements under his belt as President, he lacks the mental fortitude to deal with the various crises of civil disorder and race relations. He allows himself to be manipulated by people who mismanage those crises for their own gain, and eventually [[spoiler: Walt effectively breaks down and becomes a sickly alcholic, alcoholic, unable to cope with the horrible realities around him]].
* ForWantOfANail: Eisenhower's heart attack leads to the Republican Party nominating Walt Disney as a compromise candidate...
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* ForWantOfANail: Eisenhower's heart attack leads to the Republican Party nominating Walt Disney as a compromise candidate..
*HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Walt Disney, of all people, in this timeline. Here, his alleged racism, alleged anti-Semitism, and (admittedly very real) anti-communism are {{Flanderized}} to the point where his administration creates a dystopian caricature of TheFifties. In our timeline, Walt used racially insensitive jokes in many of his cartoons and was very anti-union which he attributed to communism. However, Walt was not known personally for hatred towards any particular racial group.
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** In our time-line, there were many Leftists, notably those aligned with or splitting from the Communist Party, who believed that this was precisesly the case, both to divert and sap the Left's mental energies and to provide a pretext for police persecution.
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** In our time-line, there were many Leftists, notably those aligned with or splitting from the Communist Party, who believed that this was precisesly precisely the case, both to divert and sap the Left's mental energies and to provide a pretext for police persecution.
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* AngryBlackMan: Malcolm X and Eldridge Cleaver.
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* MistakenForRacist: Averted. In-universe example - Realizing the connotations of gangs of ideologically motivated youths marching around with armbands, the Disney Corporation ditches the armbands in favor of coonskin caps as the "new badge of honor."
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* UnfortunateImplications: In-universe example - Realizing the connotations of gangs of ideologically motivated youths marching around with armbands, the Disney Corporation ditches the armbands in favor of coonskin caps as the "new badge of honor."
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Various narrators and characters include White House [[ManipulativeBastard Chief of Staff]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]], [[OnlySaneMan White House Press Secretary]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] [[RebelLeader protest organizer]] and [[AWorldHalfFull future president]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]], expatriate film director Creator/OrsonWelles, Senator [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell George Rockwell]], government sponsored writer Creator/RobertAHeinlein, a mysterious beatnik known only as "[[CloudCuckooLander Beano]]", a young UsefulNotes/BillClinton, a civil rights leader called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver]], ''Sandstorm'' lead singer Music/BrianWilson and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many more.]]
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Various narrators and characters include White House [[ManipulativeBastard Chief of Staff]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn]], [[OnlySaneMan White House Press Secretary]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Dodd James W. Dodd]] [[RebelLeader protest organizer]] and [[AWorldHalfFull future president]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown Jerry Brown]], expatriate film director Creator/OrsonWelles, Senator [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell George Rockwell]], government sponsored writer Creator/RobertAHeinlein, a mysterious beatnik known only as "[[CloudCuckooLander Beano]]", a young UsefulNotes/BillClinton, a civil rights leader called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver]], ''Sandstorm'' lead singer Music/BrianWilson and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many more.]]
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