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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

If by "psyche" you're talking about beer hats, painted chests, mullets, rivalries...then I refer you to any other event where people get into it. I'd say staking out a fireworks spot for hours beforehand, wearing a Mickey hoodie and eating a Mickey pretzel, heatedly discussing the Haunted Mansion changes for half an hour, then going wild when Tink appears and singing along with the music is the same thing.

By psyche ("the human soul, mind, or spirit"), I'm referring to the part of the human spirit at the heart of the appeal. To me, Disney appeals to happiness, youthful exuberance, creativity, fantasy etc. Whether that has been perverted by the corporation is beside the point to me. That's the part of me that is touched at a Disney park, or talking with people like you.

My perception (and remember, I always personalized the argument - my perception might be totally "wrong" for other people), NASCAR appeals to bloodlust and euphoria (my old shrink used to define euphoria as "an unearned sense of wellbeing"). It's the ugly in "ugly American". And while I've read numerous attacks on Disney Co. that make a similar argument, I have yet to find that feeling in abundance at a Disney park.