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[–] Da_wud@lemmy.world 128 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is literally the point of The Boys. What if normal greedy people held the power, what would that look like if they were superpowered.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 58 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even in The Boys, the real evil came from their corporate overlords.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

More specifically capitalism. Pretty good show.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

They do hold the power tho

[–] Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Europe: "Why do Americans hate natives and black people?" after raping Africa for its resources.

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Unlike Americans, Europeans would never create systematic forms of oppression....... except with migrants, and Arabs, and Romas, and Samis, and other Europeans.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

England doesn't really have any room to talk.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They never got Ethiopia...

[–] Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They never got Thailand...

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 8 points 10 months ago

Unexpected Bill Wurtz

[–] ferralcat@monyet.cc 10 points 10 months ago

Americans: "Stop with the what-aboutism arguments when they apply to us. Others? Sure, I'm fine with that."

[–] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 47 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Didn't USA come up with both characters? One in the 1930s and one now? More of a sign of the times I say.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 64 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah. The Boys is literally a hot take on current America. And it's awesome. People that think this meme is clever have never seen the show. It's basically the entire point of the show.

[–] pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

This being the entire point of the show is the reason this meme works at all ?!

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To be pedantic, Supermen was created by a pair of Canucks and The Boys is the brainchild of an Irishman.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Joe Shuster (Superman's original artist) was Canadian, but Jerry Siegel (the original writer) was from Cleveland.

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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (22 children)

"If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings." - Nelson Mandela

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[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

Now do your country.

Edit: so far GB and Canada have a sense of humour

[–] TheMongoose@kbin.social 70 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

I'm just waiting for the Swiss Army Man version of Britain.

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[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 20 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Canada to Canadians:

A Mountie standing between all the world’s major conflicts blocking the worst of it, in the background there’s a stack of Olympic hockey medals.

Canada to the rest of the world:

Aren’t you guys like, a part of the US? Anyway I put sugar in your tea for you because that’s how the Americans like it.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Canada to indigenous peoples: Homelander.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think this is our official statement on indigenous genocide:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=15HTd4Um1m4

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[–] kariboka@bolha.forum 7 points 10 months ago

Canada in Brasil: lets fucking destroy the amazon.

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[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wait, if homelander is 'murica does that make this part 9/11?

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[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's how our government is. The majority of the people here are like sheep. Completely oblivious to what our military is doing to places around the world.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago

And not even improving the lives of its own citizens. Literally just causing as much death and destruction all over the world as possible just to profit a couple of military and oil corporations and their owners.

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[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Would probably be more impactful if I had seen that show

[–] A_L1FE@lemmings.world 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You should, it's a great show if you are not against a realistic version of the injustice league.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

"realistic" eh

Think it's more a blunt commentary on celebrity culture than anything else

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

It's actually pretty great

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eh... Most of us see our country as somewhere in-between now a days.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 points 10 months ago

The best part of this is that's the worst version of Superman who was definitely going to turn evil.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

At most this one

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