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PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
His world didn’t have any less corporate and government corruption than ours, but he still just targeted petty criminals instead of warlords and world leaders… he cared more about punishing pickpockets than CEOs that would willingly be poisoning entire communities to save money… so why would he care about Epstein files? I bet he would be all like “wait there, we can’t just be jumping to conclusions, just because someone’s name is in there doesn’t mean they did anything wrong, we can’t just slander them blah blah blah”.
The character is portrayed like a super genius, but his vision of the world is basically that of your average police news TV host
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 days ago
There’s definitely a lot you could say about Light’s middle class privileges showing in his choice of victims, especially with his cop dad and Japan’s 99.9% conviction rate thanks to their legal presumption of guilt, but I think you also have to acknowledge he is deliberately that type of arrogant, privileged kid.
I think you also have to acknowledge that despite in theory having freedom of expression Japan’s press has been ranked the worst in press freedom for a century, and the role that should play in his ignoring ruling class corruption.
I think it’s deliberate, anyways, in any event the author is a pacifist and he’s very clear that Light isn’t supposed to be a role model.
what annoys me is that he is shown as this super genius with omega level deductions and impossible predictions, but deus ex machina apart, he is actually mediocre