• Makhno@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    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

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      You should watch The Boys. It’s a superhero show that addresses this exact issue. It’s nothing like the Marvel universe, the superheroes are pretty sinister in this universe.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      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.