• neidu2@feddit.nl
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    2 months ago

    I just want to start this sentence with saying that I know literally nothing about Captain America, but I’m willing to bet that Captain America would be a much better choice. Maybe not the current reincarnation, as most movie studios have realized that not everyone is pro establishment. But maybe Captain America of a few decades ago.

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      I mean, there was k8nd of a whole event that lead to a massive super powered civil war where Cap lead the charge on the “rebel,” side. The movie didn’t do it justice, at all, but still had Cap on the anti-government interference side.

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        2 months ago

        While you were writing that, I was expanding my comment as the current (2010ish and later) super hero writers have kind of realized that government isn’t inherently good. Which time frame are you referencing?

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      Maybe the Captain America from the first comics, but the good stories of Captain America are good precisely because they show Captain America realizing that the “American Dream” he is supposed to represent is really just a dream and does not exist in reality.

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      Captain America in 1970s briefly abandoned being captain America after preventing the US president from doing a coup as a cult leader