A review by mcc
DisneyWar by James B. Stewart

4.0

I would think I would absolutely hate a book about yet another egomaniacal white man who gets totally unearned power and privilege and then wreaking havoc without any repercussions. And while, yes, I obviously do hate that this is the way the world works, it was written in a very journalistic way to try to give this feeling of detachment and objectivity - although all the facts quote to him being an egomaniac so the author absolutely does not NEED to add any coloring, just present what happens and the story tells itself. I just finished the Wolf Hall series and the parallels between Eisner and Henry VII for me were uncanny. CEOs/Billionaires are really just the modern version of Kings - they have basically unlimited power - even if there are 'laws' that are supposed to keep them in check, they intimidate the people who make or enforce the laws into bending them or being too scared to call them out or otherwise lose everything. So while it was infuriating, something about this 'all of this has been going on since the existence of mankind' aspect also helped me not get too hot under-the-collar, because it's not something I can change, so I just have to accept it and live my life.