I think there’s nuance here. Most of us side with Batman because we side with ideals and a desire for good. Batman represents, in a broken way, what good can be, and the cracks in his character let us relate more with him. This happens out in the real world too. Those with money, who take that money and the time/effort to help others, are less hated. Ever deepening shades and shadows, humans rarely truly operate on black and white.
Those with money, who take that money and the time/effort to help others, are less hated.
Are they really though? They got that money by stealing it - over charging customers and under paying workers. Thieves who return a small fraction of what they stole to the people they took it from are not altruistic.
People side with Batman because he wears a cool costume, has cool gadgets, and delivers funny one-liners while he beats up cartoonishly evil bad guys. Not because he’s a millionaire.
No, they side with Neo because he’s relatable, they’re on his side long before the Matrix is revealed, much less the philosophical suppositions put forth by the series.
You watched Batman and sided with a billionaire
I think there’s nuance here. Most of us side with Batman because we side with ideals and a desire for good. Batman represents, in a broken way, what good can be, and the cracks in his character let us relate more with him. This happens out in the real world too. Those with money, who take that money and the time/effort to help others, are less hated. Ever deepening shades and shadows, humans rarely truly operate on black and white.
Are they really though? They got that money by stealing it - over charging customers and under paying workers. Thieves who return a small fraction of what they stole to the people they took it from are not altruistic.
Yes, they are.
But…
It’s a very thin line. They may be less hated, they are not less trusted.
Just the multimillionaire, but it’s hard not to take Morgan Freeman’s side when he’s onscreen.
People side with Batman because he wears a cool costume, has cool gadgets, and delivers funny one-liners while he beats up cartoonishly evil bad guys. Not because he’s a millionaire.
whilst people side with neo purely due to their shared philosophical suppositions?
No, they side with Neo because he’s relatable, they’re on his side long before the Matrix is revealed, much less the philosophical suppositions put forth by the series.