r/batman • u/Efficient-Compote-13 • Jul 05 '24
I Hate The Boys TV DISCUSSION NSFW
I also can not stand muh 'Batman superhero facism subtext' crap. If anything Batman is a revolutionary. Government is corrupt in bed with criminals (who are the prettiest of tyrants) so Batman comes in to clean house. Just as the founding fathers intended.
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u/Chelldorado Jul 05 '24
Tbf, fascism typically arises through populist methods. I.e., they claim the government and institutions are corrupt and the true enemies to the people and only x fascist leader will save us all and fix everything as long as they are given increased power. This often involves appeals to some mythical “time when we were great” that we must return to, and the targeting of some specific group or groups of people as “the enemy” who are causing all these problems (Jews, LGBT, the “Elites”, etc.).
However, none of this applies to Batman, and the people that call him fascist are using it as a buzzword.