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[–] 27 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Only in America can super rich characters like Scrooge, Richie Rich, Batman be the protagonists we are supposed to cheer for

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  • [–] 12 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

    Tony Stark, too.

    Though even with that propaganda, it doesn't seem to be aging well.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    IMHO it's the deliberate Musk parallels

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  • [–] 8 points 10 hours ago

    Or that he was in one of them, written as if he had anything useful to contribute rather than reflecting the truth of how his companies have people whose job it is to manage him when he shows up so that he doesn't fuck things up with his orders. But yeah, Tony Stark himself is basically billionaire competence and morality propaganda. Entertaining propaganda but a lot of propaganda is these days.

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