This meme is just explaining the entire point of Homelander’s character, like… yes.
Thank you! It’s not even subtle satire.
Bro I made this meme. No one could possibly understand the super subtle nuance of fucking homelander. You’re not cultured like me. I saw it first. Stop making fun of me or I’ll cry.
The difference between satire and parody. Homelander is not a Superman parody. I mean he’s that too (or something from the MArvel universe, I can’t keep up) but the real world commentary (satire) is the point.
Been like this for thousands of years. Next time you read a story about a great character in history, know that they may have in fact been an ancient Elon Musk or ancient Trump, just inflating their own deeds and surrounded by people more than willing to carve their names into stone.
Reality is far more banal and irritating than we want it to be, that’s why so many of us spin up wild narratives and live in that world of drama and suspense instead of doing more to take care of the reality we share and live in.
More like:
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George and Chris didn’t use fake muscles like modern supermen.
And the worst part is that the vast majority of our population actually has no idea, and if you try to teach it, they’ll run you out of town for disturbing the mythology that’s been implanted in their heads.
I’m in my forties and still learning new awful things about our country’s history. No one ever taught me about Sand Creek or Blair Mountain, or Tulsa, or the Knights of Labor and the violent railway strikes.
There are also awful little details that are left out, like how one of the landmarks Paul Revere used on his famous ride (hiding the awful part under a spoiler tag)
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was a mummified slave in a gibbet, whose tarred body was just left out for decades as a public spectacle to dissuade rebellion.
Here’s an account of the story I referenced: Mark Hung in Chains
For someone completely out of the comic scene for some decades, who is the guy on the right?
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Even most European textbooks portray the USA accurately, except maybe the current Hungarian ones, which allegedly are following Republican depictions of the US history.
Now do native americans.
Perfect representation
It also reflects in who is perceived as the ‘villains’ and ‘innocents’.
The books depict greedy villains and helpless vulnerable victims
Reality those ‘helpless vulnerable victims’ are rich tycoons and the ‘villains’ are everyone else.
American history in American textbooks*
It’s just impossible for 'Muricans to think about the rest of the world and understand it’s different to their experience.
lol Superman was a dick. Maybe a woke dick, but still a dick.
