• @azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
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    31 year ago

    Yeah, of course if you apply real-life power dynamics to superheroes you get “The Boys”.

    In-universe however superheroes seemingly have a super-power that makes them super-resistant to moral corruption (unlike super-villains).

    This is because, now get this: The characters don’t really exist. They’re fictional plot devices.

    • @masquenox@lemmy.world
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      01 year ago

      The characters don’t really exist. They’re fictional plot devices.

      You are still missing it - the “powers” these super-creeps have? They are all - without exception in the universe these super-creeps exist within - metaphors for institutionalized and concentrated power in the real world.

      They’re fictional plot devices.

      Let me fix that for you - they are fictional characters that justifies institutionalized and concentrated power.