Comment on All jokers fault probably

• cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Instead he should be paying higher taxes so the city/state can have more money to build a bigger and stronger social safety net instead of relying on the good will of the wealthy to take care of their problems. Maybe then they’d have less troubled people fucking shit up, if they can provide mental health care to people.

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  • hakase@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Instead he should be paying higher taxes so the city/state can ~have more money to build a bigger and stronger social safety net~ funnel more money to the organized crime syndicates well known to operate at all levels of Gotham’s government.

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    • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But doesn’t he actually fund those social security nets himself directly? Unlike the billionaires we have?

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  • NoneYa@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The city of Gotham has been shown to be very corrupt, so higher taxes may not exactly fix the issue. This was seen very heavily in the police department before and even during Gordon becoming police commissioner. This is why Gordon and a lot of the civilians embrace the Batman figure because he’s not corrupt.

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    • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      if they’re corrupt Bruce should be able to buy them instead of using all his obscene wealth to build more bat themed contraptions and vehicles like an insane person.

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      • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or he could be doing both.

        Shockingly enough people can do multiple things, especially in a fictional world full of superhuman ability.

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      • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Gotham is super polluted right? So it would actually make sense if he was a bit insane from it like everyone else there.

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      • fsxylo@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They’re corrupt because of the Mafia. Who killed Thomas Wayne for standing against them. Mob corruption has less to do with money and more to do with threats and blackmail. Bribes are just entrapment. Bruce Wayne can do fuck all against that.

        Seriously, any “why didn’t Bruce do ___ instead of be Batman?” Has been answered in the comics.

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    • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah ok I get it.

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  • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But unlike the billionaires we have he directly funds those security nets. Straight up runs all kinds of soup kitchens and homeless shelters and a bunch of different true charities not just tax write-off bullshit.

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