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Parent Post: Hijacking the American mythos. The superhero.
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dickie
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10/10/2026, 5:00:35 AM
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A remarkable number of comic-book supervillains are wealthy industrialists, corporate executives, inventors and billionaires. Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn and Wilson Fisk come to mind. Meanwhile, Batman and Iron Man use wealth, technology and determination to accomplish extraordinary things. I'm also curious how watching superheroes overcome seemingly impossible odds teaches people that change is impossible. Isn't that practically the opposite of the message? And we already have a real-life billionaire marketed as America's savior: Donald Trump. His administration continues supplying weapons to Israel despite UN investigators concluding that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Perhaps we've finally found our authentic American superhero. No fictional powers, no spandex, just a red hat, enormous political power and complicity in a genocide. Lex Luthor would probably approve.
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braven
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10/10/2026, 5:21:28 PM
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This is another good take. *I'm also curious how watching superheroes overcome seemingly impossible odds teaches people that change is impossible. Isn't that practically the opposite of the message?* Or, it is the exact message they want to portray? "They" want the average person to be helpless.....dependent on a 'savior' that will never materialze. Only the villain shows up quite often.....odd that. Donald Trump is no superhero.....not super....not a hero. He is a nepo baby....little more....puppet on a string. Musk is the same....nepo baby. They are not even good actors.....they talk like petulant teenagers with daddy issues. *Perhaps we've finally found our authentic American superhero. No fictional powers, no spandex, just a red hat, enormous political power and complicity in a genocide.* *Lex Luthor would probably approve.* If what you are saying is.....that the American Superhero.....is an enormous moron? Not even a good villain....little more than a shill....getting paid to play the dunce on the world stage. If the guy could ever say something intelligent.....and land the finish....but no. He has to go full retard on how incompetent he is. Peace.😇
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