Someone whose whole shtick is hating The Superman the way Zemo does must, surely, have some kind of opinion about this
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Yeah, I keep coming back to this mentally whenever the "superheroes/gods/heroes: fascist?" talking point comes up. marginalized folks fuckin' love empowered heroes historically 'cause SOMEBODY can hold the rich to account. This sort of pseudo-egalitarianism feels more privileged.
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This myth of "beware the superman! we should all be empowered and no man have power over another, even personal!" isn't really how people who are actually destitute or oppressed think. but it is very much how mainstream folks who expect power over others from law & custom think.
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why doesn't he give a shit about black panther? because wakanda is in africa and their system doesn't actually threaten the hierarchies he lives in. why doesn't he care about hulk? because hulk is kind of obviously inhuman and doesn't rule anything.
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what bothers zemo is the idea of superhumans who might replace *him personally* at the top of the european social hierarchy, or who otherwise pose a status threat to his place in that hierarchy.
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how would he feel about an old-money aristocrat who is also a basically a superhuman?
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