Lou Dobbs enters the culture wars with his latest screed claiming that the Lorax and Arrietty as insidious nonsense and Hollywood’s attempt to indoctrinate kids.

During his Tuesday night show, Dobbs dubbed Disney’s “Arrietty” and Universal’s “Lorax” ‘insidious nonsense from Hollywood,’ then he announced: ‘Hollywood is once again trying to indoctrinate our children.’

“Arrietty,” about four-inch people who ‘borrow’ what they need from normal-sized humans, encourages class envy and redistribution of wealth, according to Dobbs, while “Lorax” is just another example of environmental radicalism.

‘So, where have we all heard this before?’ Dobbs asks after showing a clip from each of the two films.

Then he answers himself: ‘Occupy Wall Street forever trying to pit the makers against the takers and President Obama repeating that everyone should pay their fair share.’

Lest we forget, but it was Dr. Seuss who wrote the Lorax and published it back in 1971. It’s finally getting big-screen treatment, but kids have been reading about the Lorax and the need to protect the environment for 41 years. It was made into a TV movie in 1972.

Likewise, Arrietty may seem like a new movie, but it’s actually based on The Borrowers, which was a series first published in 1952. It’s a Japanese film studio’s take on the series (Disney’s the US distributor).

Far from being some new attempt at indoctrination, it’s Hollywood’s failure to come up with original content that has brought these two books/series to the big screen. That they also happen to revisit themes of environmental responsibility and personal responsibility is a plus.