"For most of the park's history, Disney was priced to welcome people across the income spectrum, embracing the motto "Everyone is a V.I.P." In doing so, it created a shared American culture by providing the same experience to every guest. The family that pulled up in a new Cadillac stood in the same lines, ate the same food and rode the same rides as the family that arrived in a used Chevy."
"That middle class has so eroded in size and in purchasing power - and the wealth of our top earners has so exploded - that America's most important market today is its affluent. As more companies tailor their offerings to the top, the experiences we once shared are increasingly differentiated by how much we have."
"Here's what all of this means: The working class and the middle class has been so devastated by years of growing economic inequality, cos increases for basics, and tax cuts for the very rich that big businesses, the good capitalists that they are, no longer look to market affordable products. They aim more and more at the very high-end luxury market, the people who can afford hundreds or thousands of dollars extra to cut the line at the airport and at Disneyland,"
Rising prices and eroded middle-class purchasing power have shifted major companies' target market toward affluent consumers. Disney historically priced for all now caters more to wealthy guests, reducing shared cultural experiences across income levels. The middle class no longer supports industries like Vegas and faces exclusion from premium services such as airport lounges requiring high annual card fees. Firms increasingly prioritize luxury offerings because years of growing inequality, cost increases for basics, and tax cuts for the rich make affordable mass-market products less profitable. When Democrats recognize and address these trends they win; when they ignore them, they lose. Mocking political opponents alone will not secure electoral victory.
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