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Uber-wealthy dude who thinks that stopping crime is literally just beating dudes with his fists, collaborates with the cops 24/7, beats the shit out of muggers and drug dealers and other people who are probably just trying to pay their landlord, who is probably Bruce Wayne.
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I’d argue that Batman is an authoritarian where the punisher is a fascist.
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Fascism is authoritarian, sure, but the "blood and soil" is a key facet, and that's missing from Batman's world view.
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Depends on who's writing him, but in a lot of incarnations, Batman's "Gotham is my city" schtick is basically a hair's breadth away from shouting about how Wayne blood is the heartbeat of Gotham.
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Fascism comes in many forms
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