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[–] Makeitstop 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The bad guy in black panther had a point, but was also a fascist trying to start a race war. And in the end, the hero acknowledges the issues that the villain had raised and does make changes to address them.

[–] marcos -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"We should intervene in misbehaving countries" vs. "we must respect other countries sovereignty" is never such an easy decision as the cartoon puts it.

In the end of Black Panther, Wakanda becomes an imperialistic power.

[–] Zorque 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

... because they build outreach centers?

[–] marcos 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen things like that built around in your country?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Imperialism is about resource and labor extraction, unless they're using those outreach centers to destroy local markets so the people have to work on the plantations for pennies to scrape by, so Wakanda can buy bananas for cheap, I don't see how it's imperialism.

Or is Wakanda gonna go back to Plan A and use those outreach centers to influence elections/organize a coup and put in a comprador government?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was never clear whether he wanted a race war or how he planned to carry one out, he simply wanted to arm oppressed minorities all over the world.

But in any case, making the Bad Guy™ murder kittens doesn't change whether he's right.

See The Dark Knight Rises, where the Bad Guy™ neutralizes the police, and the people immediately band together to lynch the bankers and landlords (this is portrayed as a bad thing). Naturally, the Bad Guy™ then decides to nuke the city, for reasons.

[–] Blue_Morpho 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes. Dark Night Rises was bad and that was one of the reasons.