American democracy is over

[iRONic]

Reading posts about young boys cheering for Lex Luthor during screenings of the new Superman movie and older moviegoers thinking “WTF??” is just typical of the current moment in America’s decline.

More WTF…?

I listened to warnings about the new “Superman” movie from my friends at Fox News and others in the conservative fear-o-sphere. They told me libs had turned the Man of Steel woke. They warned the movie might propagandize me into thinking immigrants are not entirely evil.



Everyone who wears a MAGA hat knows that we – the REAL AMERICANS who support President Trump – are the oppressed. We’re the ones who need a champion, an invincible hero who will make us feel good about espousing Christian beliefs while wanting to lock immigrants up in camps with names like “Alligator Alcatraz.” We’re the ones who need to believe we’re the good guys!

I saw 'Superman' and now I'm an optimistic, woke leftist | Opinion

 

[Ken g6]

Reading posts about young boys cheering for Lex Luthor during screenings of the new Superman movie and older moviegoers thinking “WTF??” is just typical of the current moment in America’s decline.

[Citation Needed]

I can't find anything like that with a web search. The closest I found was somebody who hated Man of Steel over a decade ago.

 

[Sonikku]

I haven't watched the Superman movies since the 80s. Is Luthor a billionaire or something? That would explain it with 30% of our society's worship of the rich.

He is. And in many continuities he even gets elected president. It seemed fairly ludicrous at the time. Now? They must have had a fucking crystal ball.

 

[cytg111]

Ah... Lex is supposed to be an actual genius right?

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Ah... Lex is supposed to be an actual genius right?

He's not a dipshit born into money who just buys innovative companies and then pretends to be a genius like Elon?

 

[cytg111]

He's not a dipshit born into money who just buys innovative companies and then pretends to be a genius like Elon?

It's been a while since I dipped in that lore, but no, as I recall no he was not a charlatan like Elon.

 

[Reflex]

Some people have built their entire personalities around being shit posters, contrarians, reactionary, and nihilists. In their eyes, to care about things is cringe.

This has always been my problem with South Park and most stuff by it's creators. They normalized the idea that to care was cringe and worth mocking. A generation and a half have been raised in this new normalcy.