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minus-squareEndOfLine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 days agoSomething that always bothered me about comics is how the bad guy was almost always the intellectual who used their brain to solve / create problems while the good guys solved conflicts by punching things.
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoWhy? That’s what american culture is. We think scientists are evil and football players are heroic. The only time american culture lauded scientists was post ww2, but that didn’t last very long and the national push for sciences declined by the 70s. We also love rich and famous people, don’t forget.
Something that always bothered me about comics is how the bad guy was almost always the intellectual who used their brain to solve / create problems while the good guys solved conflicts by punching things.
Why? That’s what american culture is.
We think scientists are evil and football players are heroic.
The only time american culture lauded scientists was post ww2, but that didn’t last very long and the national push for sciences declined by the 70s.
We also love rich and famous people, don’t forget.