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Are comics (dc marvel) conservative? Like are superheroes inherently a right wing idea? Where does that come from? (bleedingcool.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was looking into some of the older batman comics and I wanted to know more about the personal politics of the writers. Frank miller, moore, etc, and needless to say I didn't really find much in that regard.

I posted an article above; just as an example to what kind of info I could find about that subject. I'm not satisfied.

Like are superheroes just a right wing ideal? That issues in the world need (a few) very powerful people in order to solve instead of just systematically solving them?

Or is that the superheroes we do have are made by people with rightwing leanings?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, superhero culture promotes the kind of exceptionalism and individualism that are antithetical to the socialist ideals.

The Soviet Union did not have any of this superhero comic book crap. Their heroes were often normal people who went above and beyond their duties to the society and achieving the impossible, in spite of their ordinary lives.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"In your opinion, if anyone around the world wants to take their revenge on the assassination of Soleimani and intends to do it proportionately in the way they suggest — that we take one of theirs now that they've got one of ours — who should we consider to take out in the context of America?

Think about it. Are we supposed to take out Spider-Man and SpongeBob? They don't have any heroes. We have a country in front of us with a large population and a large landmass, but it doesn't have any heroes. All of their heroes are cartoon characters — they're all fictional.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's not true. The US has plenty of flesh and blood celebrities. From Tom Brady to Taylor Swift to Elon Musk to Joel Osteen to Donald Trump, we've definitely got people that we've placed on pedestals.

We don't have war heroes because we have a military focused on terror bombing and assassinations, rather than street fightering and militia building. But we do have warmongers, who we regale as bold truth tellers and spiritual leaders.

If the Iranian government were to assassinate the Op-Ed section of the NYT, far more tears would be shed than if they knocked out a David Petraus or a Lloyd Austin.

If they really did pull a Sum Of All Fears and blew up a football stadium during the Super Bowl? Killing famous singers and ballers and countless middle managers and political mega-donors? Bedlam.