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bruh.

spider-man is So Cool

(non union–workplace managers need not make us apply)

(or, if you’re a manager somewhere, give me a union job)

for international disabled people day, give my spouses money, and help me organize a union

The Soviet Inion favored Lamarckism over Darwinism and lost harvests because of it, just because they didn’t like that nothing you gain in life can be passed on genetically.

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think the US state and the Communist Threat; think the police and BLM Rioters…

while looking for reviews of Red Son i’ve seen a straightforward take about the hegemonic role of the superhero story in mass culture, where superheroes serve as secular saints, models of the individuals that the people are taught to expect themselves to be saved by; while i don’t want to say this is wrong i am much more interested in the ways that superhero stories have this apparently inevitable need to address the existence of power as a potential crisis by fabricating justifications for superheroes to both exist and hold power in the form of supervillains

Superman himself tries to turn down the job, noting (quite correctly) that it isn't very socialist to choose a leader based on his inborn advantages,

i don’t think Marxism actually has any explicit opinion on this, actually. anyway in the comic Superman’s ambivalence was largely out of the fact that he was an alien to the USSR (never mind that, as i understand things, Soviet democratic forms did not care where you Came From so long as you are working there now, but)

Luthor has established a meritocratic geniocracy where one's place in society is rewarded by talent and intellect, with himself in charge of course because he is the most talented and intelligent human to have ever lived. Basically both are fair, but only Superman's world is equal. One wonders what life is like in Luthorville if you DON'T have stupendous amounts of drive and ability (it might be alright, but it's definitely not as good as if you are part of his elite).

there is no textual support for this position in the comic whatsoever beyond the fact that Luthor is an egotistical shit raising the standard of living for the people of the US for no other reason than to Beat Superman. and that like, Luthor is ludicrously Intelligent. but anyway though there is no explicit statement that his governance dishes out material support in accordance with Merit lol. this dude’s just making shit up

The main reason why communism is terrible is that you are stuck with the same leader, regardless if they are good or bad, and since Superman is immortal, he is going to be in office for a while.

It's expressly stated near the end that "Luthorism" actually uses some of Superman's economic ideas. Of course, that makes it something of a "third way" between capitalism and communism. Historically that implies some form of fascism, which is a different problem entirely with the story's politics.

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Do any of the political ideas in the comic even make sense? Superman is a communist because he keeps track of all of the economy, but Luthor’s economic plan once he became president gives the government control over every dollar… when the government has control over all of the economy, that’s called communism. So how is the story a capitalism Vs. communist thing?

“socialism is when the government does stuff. the more stuff it does, the more socialist it is. and if it does a whole lot of stuff, that’s communism.”

It’s a great splash page, but I’m not really crazy about the costume: there’s too much blue. I get it, they wanted it to look a lot like the original. I would think it would be Soviet Army green, but then again, according the dialogue, he wasn’t a soldier. Yellow would have been too gaudy, and black would have made him look evil. But he’s Stalinist Superman, so he should at least look evil.

lmao

side point but i just keep thinking about how embarrassing it is that the comics industry hails Red Son (the comic) so much. besides how great (some of) the drawing are but like. capitalist hegemony is really something.

That glass globe scene was just amazing. The way it showed the light to Superman and opening him to another point of view literally made me shiver. To be able to change one's mind who was so used to a way of thinking (and you know how hard that is) in a way that didn't need punching and bone breaking- just words was lit- genius. I loved it, and I hope I get to emulate the quiet, serene scene in any future story I'll be able to ever tell.

ok. sure.

wild how people think the movie’s adaptation of Wonder Woman (which SURE IS SOMETHING) is “feminist propaganda” when the comic being adapted from is like, ALMOST kinda literally just radfem (i say almost because while VERY cynical about men in power, it moderates that cynicism by the end) but

like literally in the comic Lois Lane recruits Wonder Woman to fight Superman by leveraging their shared frustration with the powerful men in their lives