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minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·4 months agoI haven’t even read Batman, but I’ve seen this same thread pop up enough times to know that: Gotham is literally cursed Gotham is extremely corrupt. Tax money wouldn’t go where it needs to Bruce Wayne bankrolls tons of social programs
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoIt’s cursed because comic writers couldn’t come up with a better way to explain why the city can’t be fixed by the world’s smartest billionaire.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoThe city can’t be fixed because then there wouldn’t be any more stories for them to write.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoSure, but “cursed” is lazy and raises a lot of questions.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoIt’s a comic book, I don’t know what makes curses “lazy”. Also the much more important factor is the deep corruption.
I haven’t even read Batman, but I’ve seen this same thread pop up enough times to know that:
Gotham is literally cursed
Gotham is extremely corrupt. Tax money wouldn’t go where it needs to
Bruce Wayne bankrolls tons of social programs
It’s cursed because comic writers couldn’t come up with a better way to explain why the city can’t be fixed by the world’s smartest billionaire.
The city can’t be fixed because then there wouldn’t be any more stories for them to write.
Sure, but “cursed” is lazy and raises a lot of questions.
It’s a comic book, I don’t know what makes curses “lazy”. Also the much more important factor is the deep corruption.
This ^^