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Encanto as an allegory

Have any other history enthusiasts noticed the similiarities between Encanto's story and the fall of the USSR? [SPOILER WARNING]

So, first things first, I wanna make clear right away that I am well aware this was not at all intentional, and that I may very well be looking too far into this, or making a bit of a stretch. But I wanted to share it anyway, because noone on Reddit seems to care about my idea. Now, I've seen a few different potential similarities or paralells, but here are the ones that come to mind first. Let me know if you think of more, or if you want to hear some of the other ones I have thought of in the past. So, first of all, both Encanto and the communist block were isolated communities walled off from the rest of the world, with an opressive leader that seemed to rule for life, and only cared about how much people could get done or what work they could do, and not about the people themselves. Meanwhile, Mirabel is Gorbachev, a bespectacled oddball who sees how bad things have gotten, and tries to make everyone's life better, but destroys the establishment in the process. Isabela and Mirabel's relationship could be seen as analagous to that of the United States and Russia at this time, very hostile, very toxic, and always fighting, but never directly. And then at the end of the movie, just before the countr- err, the house, collapses, they make peace and improve relations between both of them. And when the house fell apart, everyone got booted out except 2 people, Mirabel, Bruno, and Julieta. Bruno busted out, and Mirabel ended up grabbing the candle, which extinguished in her hand, and then left herself. And when everyone came back, the town worked with them to rebuild another house that didn't need the candle to run, which implies that the candle was communism in this analogy. So ya, this is probably a bit of a stretch, or as I said before, me looking too far into a silly story about magic Colombians and generational family trauma. But hey, that's the beauty of a story like this, it can be used and reinterpreted in many ways. This is just one of my favorite non-canon ones. But lemme know your thoughts in the notes.