• Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    “Would give his life to save a random child”, yet doesn’t use any of his money to finance affordable housing projects in Gotham.

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      1 year ago

      Batman doesn’t do that, Bruce Wayne does. He is extremely philanthropic and his family was too. Plus I can support him over supporting the absolute disaster that is the Gotham Police Department.

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        1 year ago

        People like OP remind me that there are, indeed, those who think Batman is worse than people with genocidal tendencies just because his daddy was rich.

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          I used to be one of those people, even advocated for retiring the character because “Rich guy who beats up the mentally ill… not a relatable hero for millenials…”

          But I realized that was the result of a poor understanding of the character and oversimplification of the themes.

          Batman is usually the number 1 guy adovcating for the very people he regularly fights to given the chance for rehabilitation.

          Not solely incarceration but a legitimate chance to re enter society and build a respectable career.

          The exception is Frank Miller who tends to write Batman like a fascist, but… that’s because Frank Miller is a fascist with a warped sense of morality and reality.

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      1 year ago

      The comics strongly imply he does, but the city is just THAT corrupt, to the point that even with his checkbook and super hero work, it’s still a tall order.

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      1 year ago

      Lmao in basically all media, the Wayne foundation is a center pillar for Wayne enterprises.