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Disney’s approach isn’t entirely unprecedented. The company has long engaged in real estate projects, like the Golden Oak community in Florida, where high-net-worth individuals lease properties for decades. Such initiatives exemplify a shift toward valuing land as a long-term asset—absent the risk inherent in entertainment production.
This strategy, however, raises ethical questions about the company's changing priorities—especially as it displaces workers, shrinks its creative footprint, and risk to the cultural institution that once championed imagination.