That tracks. American super-hero comics are chained to the status quo and are never allowed to break it or dream of anything other than liberalism for all eternity.
It’s actually pretty sad because the genre has potential to be extremely political as we’ve seen with shows like The Boys and I’m a Virgo tho I think the Boys is too mired in liberalism and US domestic politics to actually do what a better show could do
The fundamental difference between a superhero and a supervillain isn’t inherently ideological but societal, this however will inevitably reflect the ideology of society
To be a hero in or in or in is to be fascist or at least liberal and capitalist
To be a hero in or in is to be a socialist and progressive
Those who are viewed as heros by one society or ideology will inevitably be seen a villain by another and there can be microcosms within these societies where divisions occur, liberals and conservatives within will have their own heros and will view the other side’s heros as their villains because this is how politics and society works
Those of us comrades living in are (by comic book superhero definition) villains in this society but the moment the revolution is successful we become heros
I had a concept for a super-hero comic hwere the hero wasn’t one person, but rather a sort of spirit of class consciousness that would fall on a group of people all at once and they’d sort of just realize that they all had the same needs and goals and temporarily become really organized for as long as they needed to be, then it’d pass and everyone would be like “What the fuck just happened?” and they’d have dismantled a police station or somethinmg.
That tracks. American super-hero comics are chained to the status quo and are never allowed to break it or dream of anything other than liberalism for all eternity.
It’s actually pretty sad because the genre has potential to be extremely political as we’ve seen with shows like The Boys and I’m a Virgo tho I think the Boys is too mired in liberalism and US domestic politics to actually do what a better show could do
The fundamental difference between a superhero and a supervillain isn’t inherently ideological but societal, this however will inevitably reflect the ideology of society
To be a hero in or in or in is to be fascist or at least liberal and capitalist
To be a hero in or in is to be a socialist and progressive
Those who are viewed as heros by one society or ideology will inevitably be seen a villain by another and there can be microcosms within these societies where divisions occur, liberals and conservatives within will have their own heros and will view the other side’s heros as their villains because this is how politics and society works
Those of us comrades living in are (by comic book superhero definition) villains in this society but the moment the revolution is successful we become heros
I had a concept for a super-hero comic hwere the hero wasn’t one person, but rather a sort of spirit of class consciousness that would fall on a group of people all at once and they’d sort of just realize that they all had the same needs and goals and temporarily become really organized for as long as they needed to be, then it’d pass and everyone would be like “What the fuck just happened?” and they’d have dismantled a police station or somethinmg.
Captain Planet?
Definitely in that vein. Regular people coming together to be mighty