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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•6 months agoCaptain America, here just in time to save Democracy from the fascists again.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-26 months agoI mean superheroes are kinda fascist by definition, but yeah sometimes it is tempting to have someone that can just… ya know…
minus-squareMakhnolink6•6 months agoOh for sure. Superhero content just reinforces an infantalized mindset that’s a ripe bed for fascism. People get a hard-on for “strongmen” that break the law to get the “bad guy” because the government is too weak, evil, innefectual, yada-yada
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 months agoCaptain America respects the law, it’s kind of his thing. Not saying he’s never broken a law, but it’s not his first choice. Unless it’s the laws of physics, but that’s a convention of the genre which he’s upholding.
Captain America, here just in time to save Democracy from the fascists again.
I mean superheroes are kinda fascist by definition, but yeah sometimes it is tempting to have someone that can just… ya know…
Oh for sure. Superhero content just reinforces an infantalized mindset that’s a ripe bed for fascism.
People get a hard-on for “strongmen” that break the law to get the “bad guy” because the government is too weak, evil, innefectual, yada-yada
Captain America respects the law, it’s kind of his thing. Not saying he’s never broken a law, but it’s not his first choice. Unless it’s the laws of physics, but that’s a convention of the genre which he’s upholding.
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