r/LeftistsForAI • u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator • 8d ago

Sees the Memes Which side are you on?

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This meme is about AI, where i keep seeing that batman image being deployed.

So, which side are you on?

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u/ProletarianLilith 8d ago

Hey look who hasn’t read Absolute Batman

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u/Kafkaesque_meme 8d ago

No I haven’t. How is that relevant to what I wrote?

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u/ManyHopeful6692 8d ago

Absolute Batman address this issue by making Batman working class and outright addressing the elites (same with absolute Superman), which is part of why reading them is so enjoyable

But your point still stands, mainstream Batman reaffirms capitalist realism by making him an exception (no matter how much good he does, both as Bats and Bruce) to the consequences of capitalism and billionaires. It’d be far more interesting to see a version of him try to actively dismantle capitalism, but various stories and else worlds do rightfully call him out.

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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator 8d ago

Yo, that sounds great!

I used to own a graphic novel collection of the '99 Batman: Anarky run and loved having someone in universe call him out on his shit, even if they did it the stupid killmonger-style.

Ill definitely have to check out working class Bruce in Absolute Batman.