Someone wrote a fanfic about the uncomfortable likelihood that at the time Superman was created the Kents would've been anti-FDR Republicanshttps://twitter.com/tompeyer/status/803747927663509505 …
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Superman's origin story was two Jewish dudes from Cleveland pandering to small-town white Republicans that they shared the same values
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*cue rant abt some NY Times dude coming to visit Parma to see "real Ohio poverty" as opposed to say East Cleveland*
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Anyway I miss the explicitly socialist version of Superman who kidnapped the CEO of an arms manufacturer and forced him to enlist in a war
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Note: if you compare Golden Age Superman to that recent version of Superman where he's basically Barack Obama, it is very depressing
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Going from left-wing power fantasy abt being able to punch the Man in the face to "Even with seemingly unlimited power we are helpless"
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Earth-2 Superman is a dark mirror of Red Son where Superman has gone and gotten himself elected PotUS and shit is still basically the same
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Superman raised in Stalinist USSR: Earth becomes sci fi utopia at terrible spiritual cost Superman raised in liberal USA: Nothing changes
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Replying to @arthur_affect
to be fair you're comparing an ongoing series to an elseworlds one-shot here
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