The Incredibles is weird. It has the view that great people should do great things and people shouldn't be in their way which is a right-wing position. Government shuts down superheroes who just want to do what they want, and they don't do it for altruistic reason but for fun. https://twitter.com/soarel325/status/1345350810754957312

Arguably, the whole movie is filled with Great Men type people and shits on an insurance boss. And Syndrome is unabashedly a right-wing figure to some degree that is successful due to his intelligence, but he's also the main villain because of his fanboy antics.

Interestingly, Syndrome mannerism is based on Brad Bird's eccentricities. And I think that's part of Brad Bird's outlook on himself, where he sees himself as great and born special but hates himself for it. In the bonus DVD, there's a Super that sees himself as a 'superior race'

It's similar in the movie Iron Giant where the robot is seemingly humble and nice but is actually evil. He's superior to everyone and could destroy everyone, but he can choose who he wants to be (and ends up altruistically sacrificing himself, even if he doesn't die)

Remy is special because of his views on life and desires for greatness, but he is also the son of the clan leader; it's a subtle way to say that he has good genes. Hence, Remy was always destined for greatness.

I argue that Ratatouille works because if you listen to the commentary track Bard Bird comments that Lasseter helped in key scenes. For example, Remy's father says 'where are you going?' and Remy says 'with luck, forward' which makes Remy the winner and wasn't in the script.

If you ignore the left-right false dichotomy, you could make the case that the Incredibles is leaning right while being confused about itself, while Ratatouille is overtly capitalistic and a position of the *true* right.

An addendum: Incredibles 2 is right-wing and also confused about itself (possibly due to it being a rushed film). It competes against the two right-wing positions that great people should do w/e vs great people should do w/e to control and lead the collective.

It's conveyed in a scene where Elastic girl has a talk about whether people should be lead or if they can just act as an ideal. And Screenslaver makes the case that people become dependent on ideals to save them rather than their own strength. The movie never resolves an answer.

The reason why I give praise to John Lasseter is specifically because of this seeming lack of integration of ideas in Bard Bird movies. He's good, but can't convey properly the ideas he wants to say about achieving greatness. Ratatouille is the exception because of that help.

The most interesting thing about Ratatouille is that the movie is highly ideological. Every main character hold an ideological position and they all clash against each other, all to display the main theme of embracing the new and self-actualization.