what the story with Lex Luthor is about
I dunno, seems to end with a big fight and / or kryptonite almost as often anyway. Then again, doesn’t that kinda undermine your original point?
what the story with Lex Luthor is about
I dunno, seems to end with a big fight and / or kryptonite almost as often anyway. Then again, doesn’t that kinda undermine your original point?
useless in the face of the corruption of the system and the businessmen who abuse their power
You could put any superhero in that situation and have a story. But if it’s just a white-collar crime setting, would Supe then be any different from any other Tom Dick or Harry? Is it even a superhero comic at that point? It would be interesting to some, but I can see why the writers wouldn’t want to take that risk.
Or Batman’s more popular because he’s a more interesting character. Superman can only experience kryptonite so many times before you start to suspect he never actually left the planet Krypton.
I feel like there might be a culture gap here. OP hasn’t mentioned where he’s from, or what his neighborhood is like. I’ve lived in places where women do NOT want to be alone at any time, and I suspect many of the commentors here have never experienced a place like that.
It might just be an unhealthy relationship, but depending on context, it might be a very reasonable and understandable reaction.
PS - none of this is gaslighting. OP, do you even know what it means?
Edit: Nvm, OP mentioned they live in a safe city in the comments. Proceed with the traditional calls for breakup!
I think that’s kinda the point of the comic…
The point that I and others have made, is that all states in existence today are ultimately founded on colonialism. It’s disingenuous to suggest that some are innocent of it. They are not, they merely finished earlier. Given that, why do some states deserve to be dismantled but not others?
If the purpose is to halt the process of colonialism, there are ways to do so that are less drastic and controversial, and more likely to have a net positive result for all parties involved (or happen at all).
Colonialism is not a rare event, it happens ALL THE TIME, EVERYWHERE. If you’re only finding fault with the ongoing efforts, and giving the rest a pass because they are no longer visible in your day-to-day life, you are effectively saying success justifies it. Otherwise, you’re just being arbitrary and inconsistent.
The difference is that the settler romans and indigenous population at this point are indistinguishable from each other
So what you’re saying is, if one side fully wipes out and/or swallows up the other fully, colonialism is then ok. How is that different from what Israel is currently trying to accomplish? If they succeed, in a century or two somebody would be saying the same thing you are now.
My point being, go far enough back, and you WILL have found a people or tribe that got wiped out so another group could claim their territory. Where do you (arbitrarily) draw the line?
Unless you’re asserting that none of your ancestors have ever claimed land at the expense of somebody else, you’re a colonist.
I agree, we all need to move back to Africa. All 8 billion of us.
Did you reply to the wrong comment?
That’s over a thousand dollars!
This line I take issue with. EU penalties are possibly the most painful of all marketplaces worldwide.
Personally, I’m happy to see regulations that hold megacorps to the spirit and intent of those regulations, rather than having a dozen loopholes they can pass through. The lawyers are of course unhappy since they can’t argue in court that they met the absolute minimum letter of the law.
They have an inability to admit anything bad happens there
Don’t know which Europeans you’ve been talking to, but I live in Europe and we certainly have a lot of complaints to go around.
Sweden, which is currently experiencing an outbreak of gum violence, has 62 fatal shootings in 2022. To put that in perspective, adjusted for population, the equivalent would be 2000 shootings in the states.
Actual number of fatal, non-suicide shootings in the states? 20000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucking_the_monkey#Tapping_the_Admiral
That’s how he started his journey, at least
Have you seen the kind of fines the EU hands out? They’re nothing to sneeze at