I’ve always read that Superman is what the U.S. would like to be: an immigrant raised on rural values who stands out for his qualities and protects the people by standing up to a powerful oligarch. Meanwhile, Batman is what they really are: a quasi-fascist nepo baby who uses force to drive away people who clearly need psychiatric care, so the powerful can go on with their lives undisturbed.
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2026
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The earnestness and pain in his voice when Clark said “People were going to die” in the new Superman movie. That was the moment when I knew I was onboard and post helped me put in words.
"What if a rich man cared?"
No that's batman
But does he? Instead of giving money to charity, he spends it on toys that he uses to beat up poor people. It's a weird type of caring.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.” -Lord Acton