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[–] [email protected] 69 points 4 months ago (3 children)

No he won't, batman fulfills every billionaires fantasy of dressing up in a costume and beating up poor people.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

That's the internet pop-psychologist interpretation, but the people actually writing him often have him doing his best to better the Gotham around him. A lot of the petty thugs he catches are given chances to redeem themselves via Wayne based welfare programs.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago

The former richest man in the world gave away much of his fortune and continues to do so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#Wealth_and_philanthropy

Bruce Wayne is not like that at all though. He's in a position where he could actually do something about the problems of Gotham City and decides to go LARPing instead.

To be fair, he beats up a bunch of rich criminals too but he whole thing is really more about his ego than about doing good.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Not one really questions why Gotham has such a high crime rate, but where there's poverty there's crime. I think we need a working man's batman.

Someone whose super power isn't having infinite resources.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

He works as a lawyer? Typically not a billionaire but not exactly struggling financially either.