Nor Iron Man, Green Arrow (Denny O'Neil was smart to strip him of his fortune), multi-billionaire superheroes, etc.
I've liked Batman pretty much all my life. I used to find the tale of a rich man devoting pretty much of all himself to others of all kinds an inspirational one and still do to an extent. However, in modern stories he and similar characters are almost always depicted with what must be an insane amount of wealth to acquire and produce the scifi hardware they do.
Now you might know where I'm going with this but basically I'm on team #BillionaresShouldNotExist #comrade and therefore... Batman shouldn't exist. Or exist anymore. Or maybe shouldn't exist anymore as he does in the modern context. I don't believe this is a very original thought but I was booed and called a wet blanket by my friends for bringing this up and somebody else out there is probably looking at this right now and thinking this is some hyper-woke ResetEra shit, and that's fine... but what I'm trying to say is I sometimes retreat to the internet in hopes of answers/validation/evidence-I'm-not-crazy when reality fails, as many do. So how high is this on the woke-o-meter? It's kind of on the lower end, right?
In 2019 when wealth disparity is so extreme and things are kind of crazy and scary and the digital world makes it feel more and more so I'm just wondering how many people feel similarly. And then there's the film, forum hot topic, and perhaps cultural phenomenon Joker, which I haven't seen yet but as I understand it has a narrative with distaste if not scorn for the one-percent.
I'm not much of a capes comic reader anymore but these days I'm finding characters like a (non-Stark tech sponsored) Spider-Man and Superman more appealing. I'm finding Clark Kent really appealing actually. With what he has I'm certain the first thing most would think of doing is obtaining money with it. And he doesn't. He just helps as best as he can otherwise. He doesn't disrupt the whole world to fit his vision when maybe it would be more ethical to actually but that's another conversation. The point is he just helps. That's what appeals to me right now in superheroes. Ones that just help. Not ones that hog the wealth.
"My mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers—so many caring people in this world." —Fred Rogers
So I'm not crazy, right?
...right?
I've liked Batman pretty much all my life. I used to find the tale of a rich man devoting pretty much of all himself to others of all kinds an inspirational one and still do to an extent. However, in modern stories he and similar characters are almost always depicted with what must be an insane amount of wealth to acquire and produce the scifi hardware they do.
Now you might know where I'm going with this but basically I'm on team #BillionaresShouldNotExist #comrade and therefore... Batman shouldn't exist. Or exist anymore. Or maybe shouldn't exist anymore as he does in the modern context. I don't believe this is a very original thought but I was booed and called a wet blanket by my friends for bringing this up and somebody else out there is probably looking at this right now and thinking this is some hyper-woke ResetEra shit, and that's fine... but what I'm trying to say is I sometimes retreat to the internet in hopes of answers/validation/evidence-I'm-not-crazy when reality fails, as many do. So how high is this on the woke-o-meter? It's kind of on the lower end, right?
In 2019 when wealth disparity is so extreme and things are kind of crazy and scary and the digital world makes it feel more and more so I'm just wondering how many people feel similarly. And then there's the film, forum hot topic, and perhaps cultural phenomenon Joker, which I haven't seen yet but as I understand it has a narrative with distaste if not scorn for the one-percent.
I'm not much of a capes comic reader anymore but these days I'm finding characters like a (non-Stark tech sponsored) Spider-Man and Superman more appealing. I'm finding Clark Kent really appealing actually. With what he has I'm certain the first thing most would think of doing is obtaining money with it. And he doesn't. He just helps as best as he can otherwise. He doesn't disrupt the whole world to fit his vision when maybe it would be more ethical to actually but that's another conversation. The point is he just helps. That's what appeals to me right now in superheroes. Ones that just help. Not ones that hog the wealth.
"My mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers—so many caring people in this world." —Fred Rogers
So I'm not crazy, right?
...right?
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