Several comic lines have explored this issue. It’s always come down to the fact that there are people just as rich as Wayne who are corrupt and bankrolling mob families, drug traffic, providing weapons, lobbying government, etc. Essentially it is one billionaire against a dozen billionaires. So, he still has to don the bat suit to do illegally the shit he can’t do legally. Often he ends up using intel gathered as the bat for rich-people power plays to oust other corrupt rich people.
I think it’s poignant of real life. If you want to stay rich, you don’t fuck with the other rich people, because they will disappear you faster than you can blink. Being rich is a club that you are only part of until you start fucking with other people’s wealth. If you are an ostracized solitary sod, who doesn’t go to any social event and all you political stances are openly hostile against the entire rich class you are a part of, you won’t stay rich for long and all the power that comes from that wealth will disappear, if you get to keep your life at all. Without all his money, Batman is just a really buff dude who is very smart and knows martial arts. I’ve met a few of those. Almost all of them broke as fuck.
Essentially it is one billionaire against a dozen billionaires.
One billionaire with all the high-tech toys in the world. He could easily bug all these billionaires and expose them. It seems to me that if he wanted real lasting change, they’d be his primary targets. Sure, occasionally there’s a storyline like that, but it’s rare.
If you want to stay rich, you don’t fuck with the other rich people
Which is one of the most corrupt points of view you can have. Is staying rich so important to Batman that he’ll turn a blind eye to the misdeeds of the other rich people?
It’s basically the corrupt effective altruist playbook. Sure, I could help with these issues, but I can most effectively fix the world if I’m ultra rich, so my focus is going to be becoming / staying ultra rich, then I’ll do a bit of charity on the side.
Several comic lines have explored this issue. It’s always come down to the fact that there are people just as rich as Wayne who are corrupt and bankrolling mob families, drug traffic, providing weapons, lobbying government, etc. Essentially it is one billionaire against a dozen billionaires. So, he still has to don the bat suit to do illegally the shit he can’t do legally. Often he ends up using intel gathered as the bat for rich-people power plays to oust other corrupt rich people.
I think it’s poignant of real life. If you want to stay rich, you don’t fuck with the other rich people, because they will disappear you faster than you can blink. Being rich is a club that you are only part of until you start fucking with other people’s wealth. If you are an ostracized solitary sod, who doesn’t go to any social event and all you political stances are openly hostile against the entire rich class you are a part of, you won’t stay rich for long and all the power that comes from that wealth will disappear, if you get to keep your life at all. Without all his money, Batman is just a really buff dude who is very smart and knows martial arts. I’ve met a few of those. Almost all of them broke as fuck.
One billionaire with all the high-tech toys in the world. He could easily bug all these billionaires and expose them. It seems to me that if he wanted real lasting change, they’d be his primary targets. Sure, occasionally there’s a storyline like that, but it’s rare.
Which is one of the most corrupt points of view you can have. Is staying rich so important to Batman that he’ll turn a blind eye to the misdeeds of the other rich people?
It’s basically the corrupt effective altruist playbook. Sure, I could help with these issues, but I can most effectively fix the world if I’m ultra rich, so my focus is going to be becoming / staying ultra rich, then I’ll do a bit of charity on the side.