WarmSoda@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agoIf Batman was real today, he'd go after the CEOs of companies, not gangsters.message-squaremessage-square112linkfedilinkarrow-up1469
arrow-up1469message-squareIf Batman was real today, he'd go after the CEOs of companies, not gangsters.WarmSoda@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agomessage-square112linkfedilink
minus-squareWanderingVentra@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-210 months agoHe also beats up rich people, like the Penguin. The Joker and Riddler and all those guys get their crazy gadgets and hordes of minions somehow. They must be rich af
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoBut all those are poor people who got rich via crime since they didn’t really have other avenues. The Batman lore has a lot of hidden messages about social class and hierarchy which doesn’t translate well to today.
He also beats up rich people, like the Penguin. The Joker and Riddler and all those guys get their crazy gadgets and hordes of minions somehow. They must be rich af
But all those are poor people who got rich via crime since they didn’t really have other avenues.
The Batman lore has a lot of hidden messages about social class and hierarchy which doesn’t translate well to today.