In the new Disney+ show Daredevil, Fisk is the mayor of New York. He has an anti-vigilante task force that is apprehending and putting vigilantes—and people who help them—in cages, and basically making New York a living hell. If we are to assume that, in a superhero fantasy world, ‘good’ billionaires exist (like Iron Man, Batman, Swordsman, Kate Bishop, Green Arrow, Iron Fist, Blue Beetle, Mr. Terrific, the Wasp, Angel, Emma Frost, Mr. Fantastic, Nightwing, Professor X, Sunspot, Black Panther, Aquaman, and Namor), then that means some billionaires and royalty aren’t terrible people. If that’s the case, then why not fight fire with fire and have Daredevil get help from millionaires and billionaires who support vigilantes and hate Fisk? Even in Daredevil Season 1, some rich people hated Fisk. Why not have them use their wealth to fight the system—for example, paying off jury members, judges, or cops, or even using their influence to make sure Fisk never gets into office again? Why not just do that?
Good rich people don’t exist.
Even Bruce Wayne is a piece of shit that could solve most of Gotham’s problems but instead decides to play dress up and beat up homeless people with mental disabilities.
(and also because that would be a boring story)
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“Even Bruce Wayne is a piece of shit that could solve most of Gotham’s problems but instead decides to play dress up and beat up homeless people with mental disabilities.”
This proves you aren’t a real fan of Marvel or DC, which is fine, but this question wasn’t made for you; it was made for real and actual fans. You are a non-fan, so there’s no reason for you to answer, and you know nothing about Batman. Batman does use his wealth to help Gotham—damn near every movie, TV show, and comic has him donating to Arkham Asylum, giving people jobs, and him using philanthropy to help Gotham. Anyone who has actually picked up and read a Batman comic has probably explained why this take is hot shit, why Batman does way more than just beat up the poor and the mentally ill; the people he fights are essentially domestic terrorists.
So I feel like it would be pointless to retread that ground. Instead, I want to point out what should be the obvious fact, but is never addressed for some reason, which is that a vast majority of superheroes are subject to the criticism that Batman is often subject to.
Spider-Man beats up poor people. Daredevil beats up poor people. Superman beats up poor people. Any superhero that acts as a “crimefighter” and deals with street-level crime has beaten up poor people. Yet Batman is the only superhero that gets any criticism for it. It can’t be a matter of popularity, because Spider-Man is just as, if not more, popular than Batman. And it’s not like it’s some obscure facet of the character either; it’s prominent in many popular Spider-Man media. Just because someone is mentally ill or poor doesn’t mean they don’t need to be stopped. Trauma and such can be the reason a villain does something, but it is not a justification. I’m sure pimps who go out of their way to pimp out and human traffic underage girls for prostitution are “poor,” and they might be mentally ill; I guess, according to you, Batman shouldn’t beat them up, then—we should just let him traffic underage girls, then.
Bro Batman isn’t a real person. He doesn’t need you to defend him.