Posted by trike on 07/15/06 18:18

nu-monet v9.0 wrote:
> David Johnston wrote:
> >
> > Except of course that Superman wasn't particularly
> > a one for mouthing patriotic slogans in the first
> > place.
>
>
> Superman fights for truth, justice and the American way.
>
> He also hates Nazis, Communists, Anarchists and the
> Japanese.
>
> He encourages young men to enlist in the military.
>
> He wants people to buy War Bonds.
>
> He is really big on the American flag.

Superman was also a union man. He originally fought against fatcats,
robber barons and other corporate ne'ever-do-wells, protecting the
rights of the common people.

The problem with Superman's power creep over the decades is that he's
become so powerful that the world of Superman's 2006 would have long
ago diverged from our current events, because Superman would've
intervened in international affairs. He'd be able to force people to
sit down and negotiate instead of blowing each other up. Even if he
couldn't stop every bad thing from happening, he'd certainly be keeping
a lid on the big stuff. Genocides, dictatorships, famines, that kind
of stuff would've been things he'd stop in their tracks. Some would
probably relate that to American imperialism, but really he'd just be
the world's cop since he was both anti-crime and anti-corporate from
the get-go. Bullies of every stripe have a nemesis in Superman.

Doug

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