Comment on All jokers fault probably

• 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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      • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        but he’s not doing both

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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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      • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve said this elsewhere but adult comics fans are very fragile about it. My main problem with Batman is he’s so clearly insane, but DC for some reason makes Superman go insane while portraying Batman as this moral compass of the entire universe, where it should be the opposite. Superman is literally the super man, an immensely powerful visitor from outer world who nevertheless is kind and considerate (hear that, Snyder? fuck you and your gray ass world). a shining example of what humanity can be. Batman is someone who was fucked up by a terrible trauma and decided to dress up like a bat, make bat shaped toys and punch small time baddies saying shit like “I am the night” or whatever. he’s literally insane.

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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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