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[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 128 points 1 month ago

Well, there's this one: mark zuckerberg, looking very robotic

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 86 points 1 month ago

Environmentalists in comic books are nearly always deranged villains, and the ones that aren't are still weak and naïve.

The only strong environmentalist hero in Western canon is Captain Planet, and he's got sus narc vibes.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 24 points 1 month ago

Well, Green Arrow. But you have a point.

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

...because he wears green?

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 32 points 1 month ago

Because of his views.

https://i0.wp.com/50yearoldcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gl89-recruit.jpg?ssl=1

https://i0.wp.com/50yearoldcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gl89-vapor.jpg?ssl=1

From: https://50yearoldcomics.com/2022/02/19/green-lantern-89-april-1972/

He's consistently an "old lefty" sometimes more "sustainable-first capitalist" sometimes more "anarchist", but his views on things like pollution are well established.

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Sure, but we're really in "exception proving the rule" territory where you have to reach back to 1972 for an environmental plotline.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago

Come on, man. You are portraying a scenario when I opened all comics starting now and stopped when I reached a first one with environmental theme? Is this arguing in good faith? The image is old because it's an important part of his worldview for a long time. One of his enemy from this year is named "Fresh Water Killer".

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[-] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Poison Ivy is essentially an anti-hero at this point, and she is considered fairly powerful too.

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Storm and aquaman are pretty pro environmentalist without making it their only identity.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 57 points 1 month ago

Couldn't he just take all the billionaires and fly them into the sun or smth? I don't know if that alone would fix things, but it's a start. Also literally no downsides.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago

His nemesis is literally a billionaire and he never managed to get rid of him.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

We got American Superman. We got Soviet Superman. We need Anarchist Superman.

[-] voxthefox 12 points 1 month ago

Captain planet gets close to that

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 month ago

Don Cheadle's Captain Planet, you mean.

[-] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

I bet you if he just lightly beat up one billionaire a day that the problem would sort itself out pretty quickly.

[-] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Imagine being the last billionaire but no one wants to take your money rofffffllll

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[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 1 month ago

We can solve those problems directly or indirectly by tying superman to a dynamo. With free energy even the issues with materials can be solved over time.

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Wasn't there a small parody comic about this?

[-] grue@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

One of my favorite ever smbc, and that's SAYING something! ❤️

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[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago

Bitch could literally turn back time

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

How many rounds around earth til un-inventing plastic?

[-] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

1 turn = 1 day

Completely artificial plastic was invented in 1907 - 118 years ago.

1 year = 365 days

118 years x 365 days = 43,070 days

So 43,071 rounds should do it, and then just clonk Leo Baekeland over the head or something.

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[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

1930s Superman would've agreed with the crowd.

[-] hzl 21 points 1 month ago

This just makes me think of Captain Planet. He knew how to solve these sorts of issues. By beating up assholes and making them stop.

[-] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

There are evil "robots" you can go beat up to solve those issues, yes

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nobody understands Superman, especially most of his writers.

Dude is alien Moses created by two Jews during the Holocaust. His arch nemesis is a billionaire/the president. C'mon.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Kryptonite is pork, basically?

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[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago

Didn't Luigi have something to say about that?

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 1 month ago

That's why Superman is usually more proud of his work as Clark than as Superman.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Don't forget about fighting people who actually have plans to make the world a better place

Related note, excellent video essay, "Defenders of the Status quo" https://youtu.be/LpitmEnaYeU

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Only watched half of the video (because it's something I'm well aware of), so it might have gone into it, but another angle is that there's often villains that make good points and then suddenly take it in a batshit direction.

Like Thanos had a point but apparently never understood exponential growth and how reducing all life by any constant factor is just delaying the same result, even if his snap made 99% of people disappear (unless he snaps enough people that the population collapses entirely, which is what he wanted to avoid).

There's many other examples where reasonable starting points end up in unquestionably evil conclusions. Pretty sure it's just propaganda to make people who don't think much about things link those reasonable beginnings with "evil" in their minds.

Also there's characters like Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark who are billionaires but their stories always ignore the realities of what must be done in order to become a billionaire (ie underpay staff doing the actual work by billions). In Stark's case, they sidestep that by giving him super advanced AIs and automation robots, though he's still the owner of a large corporation, that he still benefits from despite offloading any of the responsibility of even running it to everyone else.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

It's addressed in the video, that these characters are always written to then go over the proverbial line.

[-] MrNesser@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Isn't superman pro free will

He will protect against threats but if you fuck it up your mostly on your own

[-] Corn@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Does superman think humanity chose capitalism? If Superman landed in 1600s Europe, would he think humanity chose feudalism and help put down peasant uprisings? 1700s Haiti, would he help stop slaves from stealing or enacting violence against the French?

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Well, he could beat up all the CEOs and politicians...

[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Youre gonna want Captain Planet

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

This is what I like about Wonder Woman. She shows up and is like. "Oh shit! There's a world war going on! Better go stop that." Meanwhile in the present super man is stopping random petty theft.

[-] omega_x3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
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[-] ideonek@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

You are basically describing the arch of Superman's son. And fans hated it.

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