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>What happened to the idea that they just wanted to be treated like normal people?
In short, the old guard of animation veterans (AKA people with genuine passion + talent who actually gave a shit about pleasing their fans) got replaced by their audience.
Said audience mainly consists of politically charged, mentally insecure liberal arts grads with a collective stick up their ass over how society should be governed + how they can engineer cultural marxism into fresh neophyte minds. The 2008 Recession + 2009 Writers' Strike helped solidify their movement into what we're stuck with today, and it's part of the reason why they're slowly being replaced by generative AI as Hollywood wants to eventually start making money again due to the billions lost over globohomo slop.