• azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, of course if you apply real-life power dynamics to superheroes you get “The Boys”.

    In-universe however superheroes seemingly have a super-power that makes them super-resistant to moral corruption (unlike super-villains).

    This is because, now get this: The characters don’t really exist. They’re fictional plot devices.

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      9 months ago

      The characters don’t really exist. They’re fictional plot devices.

      You are still missing it - the “powers” these super-creeps have? They are all - without exception in the universe these super-creeps exist within - metaphors for institutionalized and concentrated power in the real world.

      They’re fictional plot devices.

      Let me fix that for you - they are fictional characters that justifies institutionalized and concentrated power.

      • discostjohn@programming.dev
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        9 months ago

        Jesus Christ, you keep repeating the same ridiculous argument without processing what anyone else is saying to you. Are you drunk, dude?

        Do you think Stan Lee made all his characters as explicit references to “institutionalized and concentrated power in the real world”?

        You seem like you’ve never read a comic in your life, but maybe watched a few YouTube videos about superhero politics, sort of understood them, and then made it your mission to proselytize those ridiculous opinions.