honestly it could be worse than it is but I just really wish it were fully 100% communist and not lib shit propaganda

like, Superman being all "we want a future of equality for all men" and Lois being like "what about women" being all smug

I wish he responded "we have female astronauts, where are yours :gigachad-hd: but woops. ugh. Not that that's the least of the problems with the movie, but you know what I mean

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  • CommunistBear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    A fully communist superman dealing with the reality of capitalism is something I've desperately wanted for years now. There's no way Superman doesn't hear the constant cries of children in sweatshops and mines and not effect him. And he's always given near super-intelligence so it's not like he couldn't put 2 and 2 together about the systems in place forcing people into horrible conditions. I know it's capeshit but it could be a powerful story if the writers weren't libs

    • Ericthescruffy [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      A fully communist superman dealing with the reality of capitalism is something I’ve desperately wanted for years now. There’s no way Superman doesn’t hear the constant cries of children in sweatshops and mines and not effect him. And he’s always given near super-intelligence so it’s not like he couldn’t put 2 and 2 together about the systems in place forcing people into horrible conditions. I know it’s capeshit but it could be a powerful story if the writers weren’t libs

      Fun fact for you: the earliest Superman stories from Siegel and Shuster litterally dealt with the two examples you cited...because the OG Supes is and always was a straight up socialist. He exists as he is today largely as a result of DC comics shafting them and becoming a WW2 propaganda icon.

      A fully communist Superman isn't a radical spin on the character, but a true return to form...which is why it will never happen.

  • amber2 [she/her,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah the last third of the comic is basically superman reading 1984 and deciding communism sucked

  • Ericthescruffy [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The comic is FAR from perfect, but I would state for the record it is notably better than the animated movie WB animation shat out.

  • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    “what about women”

    motherfucker what part of women not being able to vote until 1920 is complicated

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Is there a term for this, or like watching nolan batman and rooting for Bane, where it's clear that the author has created a straw man of an ideology to attack so you root for the straw man because fuck the author?

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    we have female astronauts, where are yours

    glances at the Challenger disaster, nervously