That’s what happens if you take all your knowledge from memes. Good luck.
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Montagge@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Yes the billionaire that spent a shit ton on money on gadgets to beat up poor people would definitely be a champion of the people
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 5 days ago
WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 5 days ago
He also beats up rich people, like the Penguin.thr Joker and Riddler and all those guys get their crazy gadgets and hordes of minions somehow. They must be rich af
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 4 days ago
Upper middle class. They’ve got the kind of money Al Capone had, not the kind of money Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos have.
Batman generally leaves Lex Luthor, who does have that kind of money, alone.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
But all those are poor people who got rich via crime since they didn’t really have other avenues.
The Batman lore has a lot of hidden messages about social class and hierarchy which doesn’t translate well to today.