So you have to accept me just for who I am.'īut if this is true, then we return to the fatalism of Greek mythology. This is the foundation of the rugged individualism and entrepreneurial spirit of the Western world.īut this is where the Western narrative is at odds with itself.īecause another key Western narrative is - 'This is who I am and I can't be any different. This is the Western narrative - we can choose to be anything that we want to be. If it's in our nature to be predators - you can't trust a fox - we can choose to act against our nature and happily co-exist with our natural prey. If our parents have low expectations - bunnies should stay home at the farm - we can prove them wrong and choose high-achieving careers in the city.Īnd we don't have to be trapped by biological determinism. We can make choices and rise above our circumstances.įor example, we don't have to be trapped by social determinism. The key message of Zootopia is that anyone can be anything that they want to be. My favourite was the DMV - staffed by sloths who moved glacially slow. And there was plenty there for the adults. Zootopia was the perfect school holiday movie.

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