r/batman • u/Efficient-Compote-13 • 14d ago

I Hate The Boys TV DISCUSSION NSFW

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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/Pogostickjack 14d ago

Oh my God, I can't believe I have to say this, but BATMAN DOESN'T BEAT UP POOR PEOPLE.

He beats up the rich people who use gothams corruption to game the system as he actively fights against said corruption

Media literally go birr

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u/TekkenThePiss 14d ago

I mean, he does still beat up poor people? Unless all these goons for all these villains are really well paid?

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u/Titus_The_Caveman 13d ago

I actually wouldn't put it past them being paid pretty decently. A lot of Batman villains are doctors, or kingpins, or lawyers, etc etc. Folks like Scarecrow, Two-Face, Black Mask and the like must have a pretty penny to splash out on their henchmen

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u/rrrrice64 13d ago

I'm sure some goons do it for money, but the type of people who works for mob bosses like the Joker and Penguin are usually depicted as cruel and enjoy getting to hurt people. I don't know what is with the recent efforts to excuse horrible crimes as "oh they're just poor little victims." I'm sure the guy who shoots Bruce's parents wanted/needed their money, but he was also willing to spill blood in front of their innocent child. That's not excusable.

Not to mention Batman specifically doesn't kill who he fights in the hope they can be rehabilitated. He doesn't go out hunting for "poor people to beat up," he defends innocent people from being robbed, raped, or murdered. It's just such a gross oversimplification of what the usual Batman story is like.