consider: Donald Duck visited both Duckburg and his friends elsewhere, but Mickey and Goofy never visited him in Duckburg
was this intentional
were they forbidden
was this intentional
were they forbidden
were Goofy and Mickey enemies of the state? Or were outsiders forbidden from Duckburg?
it is implied that Scrooge McDuck’s presence alone moves an economy roughly the size of California’s, thus suggesting that he is perhaps a strongman, an oligarch who wields capital mercilessly
this suggests that whatever Mickey and Goofy did, it was against Scrooge
this suggests that whatever Mickey and Goofy did, it was against Scrooge
clearly, being not quadrillionaires, there's nothing that Mickey and Goofy could realistically do to Scrooge that wasn't intangible, like putting ideas in peoples' heads, ideas that quadrillionaires don't like
Mickey and Goofy might have been political dissidents
Mickey and Goofy might have been political dissidents
probably safe to assume that Donald was friends with them before they started fomenting dissent, this may also account for how they're still alive, given that we know Scrooge has no respect for the law
so Donald's life is one of torn loyalties
so Donald's life is one of torn loyalties
