"If you work a whole f--king week at a job, you should be able to pay your f--king rent," the comedian cried on his podcast.
        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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          24 days ago

          …I never understood that line. Like, why wouldn’t the people deserve a hero?

          Of coarse, that’s assuming you take the movies POV, and think of Batman as the hero.

          I mean, I don’t. But if you think he’s the hero of the movie, why would gotham not deserve him?

          And in Luigis case, I DO think of him as the hero of the story. But I also think we deserve him.

          So, I never got that phrase.

          • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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            24 days ago

            Because the people are to blame for the problem.

            They let their city turn to shit (if you ignore the lore about the city being cursed or whatever), so why do they deserve someone else to fix their mess?

            Same as in America, Americans have stood by and let their country turn to shit, do they deserve someone to save them? Nope, but they fucking need it.

            • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              24 days ago

              Because the people are to blame for the problem.

              Typical victim blaming bullshit. In an inherently corrupt system like that of Gotham or IRL New York or the US in general, 90%+ of the people don’t really have any meaningful control over what the elite does with society.

              To blame the oppressed rather than rebel against the oppressors is some useful idiot shit.

              • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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                24 days ago

                People can always rise up and overthrow their leaders. There are countless examples of this happening across the globe and time, the problem is too many are comfortable with their safety in the status quo.

                • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  24 days ago

                  People can always rise up and overthrow their leaders

                  Sure… Because overthrowing a government that doesn’t care about civilian casualties and is backed by the most bloated and over-funded military and police in the history of the world is TOTALLY doable! 🙄

                  Especially when the nominal political opposition cares more about norms and procedures than actually resisting fascism.

                  There are countless examples

                  None of them with an elite anywhere near as insulated from public pressure as this one, though.

                  the problem is too many the only ones with the power to fight it are comfortable with their safety in the status quo.

                  Fixed it for you.