• Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com
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    3 months ago

    Off the top of my head the villain in one of the Iron Man films was opposed to US war crimes and imperialism, New New Spider Man 1 had the Vulture as a villain whose deal was Stark and the wealthy were screwing people over.

    In Batman Begins 3 Bane is a pastiche of anarchism/anti-capital ideas until revealed that that’s a play by Talia.

    Well intentioned extremist is a pretty common villain trope in general.

    • stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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      3 months ago

      Vulture was a victim, but he responded by selling alien tech weapons to criminals. His response has nothing to do with changing the status quo.