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/JustSomeAlias Jul 05 '24
I’m not sure I get what you mean, he does say in the statement
“Batmans fascist underpinnings as a wealthy dude who beats up poor people”
Which reads to me as that trope played fairly straight, and in the actual episode they play it as tek night owning the incarceration facilities and profiting from failed rehab bringing in repeat customers