U.S. society doesn’t hate vigilante narratives. It reboots a new Batman franchise every yr. But billionaire vigilante Bruce Wayne keeps Gotham’s working class in check like Mike Bloomberg. What has the ruling class spooked now is that a vigilante killed a ruling class CEO & the working class cheered - ThreadSky

thrasherxy.bsky.social • 86 days ago

U.S. society doesn’t hate vigilante narratives. It reboots a new Batman franchise every yr. But billionaire vigilante Bruce Wayne keeps Gotham’s working class in check like Mike Bloomberg. What has the ruling class spooked now is that a vigilante killed a ruling class CEO & the working class cheered

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kenalleman.bsky.social•86 days ago

Superman used to rough up rich guys and con men just as much as the proper supervillains. One of the things they got rid of when the big comic publishers came under fire for being unwholesome.

thrasherxy.bsky.social•86 days ago

It’s always a bit bizarre to me when U.S. politicians denounce gun violence of any kind. It’s like, “Buddy, what kind of society do you think you’ve built with every vote you’ve cast and bill you’ve passed?”

thrasherxy.bsky.social•86 days ago

The ruling class (and their water carriers in the MSM) has reason to be alarmed: people are writing folks songs about the shooter! On the right and the left. But any honest social inquiry into this phenomena can’t pretend like vigilante stories are unusual or un-American… https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NhNx2x/

thrasherxy.bsky.social•86 days ago

just like it can’t pretend like class war hasn’t been a structuring force in U.S. society for decades.

No, any honest social inquiry into this phenomena must examine that the DIRECTION of vigilantism & class anger has REVERSED—& that’s what’s making workers laugh & capitalists quake.

thrasherxy.bsky.social•86 days ago

Also you don’t even have to spin out to fictional superheroes to see the selective outrage over vigilantism. Where were the politicians screaming about Daniel Penny’s manslaughter rap tossed in the Jordan Neely desth case? https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/daniel-penny-trial-jury-verdict

foldfm.bsky.social•85 days ago

I’ve been asking and wondering for many years why this sort of thing, along with sabotage of corporate property a la Fight Club, hasn’t been happening much more frequently. There aren’t many effective non-violent courses of action remaining to anyone that haven’t been tried and tried again.

erikawatersphd.bsky.social•86 days ago

Relatedly—I recently saw this video pop up on my YouTube recs and thought it was a timely description of how much modern superhero movies are simply propaganda for propping up the existing order. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpitmEnaYeU#ddg-play

erikawatersphd.bsky.social•86 days ago

Makes sense when you remember that multibillionaires own the franchise

patacelsus.bsky.social•85 days ago

"What has the ruling class spooked now is that a vigilante killed a ruling class CEO & the working class cheered." Boom, nailed it.

joshrosenau.org•86 days ago

They want Batman but wound up with Green Arrow.

picklesofthecanoe.bsky.social•85 days ago

Or possibly Red Hood

bamboozer2112.bsky.social•85 days ago

This has been coming for decades, and is a reminder that much like the first "Gilded Age" that the second will at some point fall as well. Unless the rich succeed in ending democracy.

wildgorillaman.bsky.social•86 days ago

Just wait until a few more CEOs end up the same way and the ownership class REALLY demands gun control reforms from legislators

That will quickly get interesting

mkwan.bsky.social•86 days ago

I miss the years when Bond villains were billionaires and the government felt it right to protect the world from them.

devlinburgess.bsky.social•85 days ago

Please please please stop using Batman as evidence for lazy talking points. He's never been the "crush the poor" boogeyman hack pundits make him our to be, as anyone who actually *reads* Batman comics would know. He's a very mixed character but he's not goddamn Andrew Ryan.

thrasherxy.bsky.social•85 days ago

sorayanadiamcdonald.com•86 days ago

who needs a Bastille when you've got YOLOSCOTUS and 2A

nml-dc.bsky.social•86 days ago

YOLOSCOTUS 😂😭

sbloyd.bsky.social•86 days ago

The guillotines went up for a reason.

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