Explanation: A lot of Internet People say that The Incredibles is objectivist (Ayn Randās ideology) because the heroes fight against a revolutionary who wants to make everyone equal by giving people superpowers.
What they miss is that this ārevolutionaryā is a billionaire who made his fortune selling weapons to world governments under the table, and his only motivation for saying heād sell his weapons is to make money and spite his enemy. Thereās no reason to think he would follow through, and selling powers doesnāt mean everyone gets them. It means everyone with money gets them. Syndrome is proposing a world where rich people have super powers. Thatās just the plot of Vampire: The Masquerade.
Syndrome is co-opting leftist rhetoric to make himself look like a hero, while not actually understanding it, because heās not a leftist. Heās a capitalist billionaire. And the Internet People who think this movie is bad because it praises hypercapitalist ideologyā¦ fell for the capitalistās rhetoric.
Superheroism isnāt about being better than everyone else, itās about helping people. Thatās Bobās arc and itās the message of the entire movie. Everyone who says the movie is about better people being told to be equal to everyone else is misunderstanding it as badly as Syndrome does. The movie is about kind people being told to let others suffer.
Look at the way our society treats climate activists, or Black Lives Matter, or communists. Weāre told to sit down and shut up. Stop trying to help other people who are in danger. Just be a cog in the system and let the health insurance company sentence people to death. Donāt rock the boat. Donāt make waves. Donāt cause drama. Look what theyāre doing to Luigi.
Superheroes are a metaphor for leftists.
Better meme than the post tbh