This is kind of true. If Wayne Enterprise is a publicly listed company, then he's using shareholders' money for his own private and not the company's interests isn't he? Unless he has like a 80% stake or something.
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Why doesn’t Batman fight more white collar crime?
- Thread starter Forkball
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Seems like you've got a persecution fantasy brewing.
The thing is that Spiderman's origins make it even worse. He has his research on prosthetic limbs stolen by an evil tech CEO, then goes out to beat up "thugs" and taunt them about not getting a real job, and then he goes home just in time to get evicted for not being able to afford his rent.
Wouldn't the nature of batman's line of work make any evidence he turns to the authorities completely inadmissible in court?
Imagine Batman doing a major takedown of a high profile white collar corrupt mob boss or whatever, he gets hard evidence and shit, everything he needs to put the guy behind jail, then what happens? The mob boss' lawyer would be like, "batman is an unlawful vigilante and criminal himself, as far as we know this man could have fabricated the evidence, how can we trust a criminal or even a man who doesn't reveal his own face?", then what happens? The case gets dismissed and all the evidence becomes inadmissible, or Batman unmasks and details every single action he took and how, landing him in jail as well as damaging greatly wayne enterprises and probably getting his shit confiscated. All to get one guy.
As a vigilante, Batman's only way to deal with things is the punchy way.
Imagine Batman doing a major takedown of a high profile white collar corrupt mob boss or whatever, he gets hard evidence and shit, everything he needs to put the guy behind jail, then what happens? The mob boss' lawyer would be like, "batman is an unlawful vigilante and criminal himself, as far as we know this man could have fabricated the evidence, how can we trust a criminal or even a man who doesn't reveal his own face?", then what happens? The case gets dismissed and all the evidence becomes inadmissible, or Batman unmasks and details every single action he took and how, landing him in jail as well as damaging greatly wayne enterprises and probably getting his shit confiscated. All to get one guy.
As a vigilante, Batman's only way to deal with things is the punchy way.
If you're coming at this from the position of "why don't superheroes solve REAL problems" then I can't help you. The characters aren't built to answer these questions, and those who have called that criticism intellectually dishonest are on point. You might as well ask why Harry Potter didn't shoot Voldemort with a gun.
Batman can only defeat evil billionaires if they do something supervillainous, like how in Blue Beetle a giant typhoon man was attacking a coastal town, so long story short he bought the hotels of an evil businessman who was letting people die in the typhoon. He's a superhero, and he's built to fight super crime.
Another thing I want to touch on is that Wayne Industries is a plot device. It exists, solely, to let Batman afford all of his wonderful toys. While occasionally you'll get a moment where Batman talks about putting his money towards some altruistic use it'll never actually affect him because his money is as vast and nebulous as all other superpowers.
Batman can only defeat evil billionaires if they do something supervillainous, like how in Blue Beetle a giant typhoon man was attacking a coastal town, so long story short he bought the hotels of an evil businessman who was letting people die in the typhoon. He's a superhero, and he's built to fight super crime.
Another thing I want to touch on is that Wayne Industries is a plot device. It exists, solely, to let Batman afford all of his wonderful toys. While occasionally you'll get a moment where Batman talks about putting his money towards some altruistic use it'll never actually affect him because his money is as vast and nebulous as all other superpowers.
From S:TAS right? Seriously the best episode of the whole show.
The Late Mr. Kent is a great episode of the under appreciated Superman The Animated Series. You can find many Superman comics where Clark is a journalist for the people, going all Atticus Finch on behalf of the middle/lower class.
Superman rules when done right.
I mean, I can't really hate you for thinking that way because Superman TAS is really good.... But I still put Batman TAS over it
... and Batman Beyond too
Keaton Batman stays best Batman.
Good point, you'd need to be the greatest detective in the world or something to take down those guys.
Because the entire point of SUPER heros is to go after SUPER villains.
Come on y'all. You know that.
Come on y'all. You know that.
And we're done here. You're doing God's work.
I cant wait for "Why isnt Batman fighting flat earth truthers" and "why isnt Bruce Wayne following the Keto Diet" topic.
Non-violent, financially motivated. I mean I said fraud, that's absolutely a white collar crime. I don't know why you're trying to give me a hard time in this goofy-ass thread.
lmao maybe on nerd forums, Spider man as a brand has always made more money than bats
This is such bs,
Batman does this in like every iteration but obviously it can't make a difference in a significant way or Gotham City wouldn't need Batman and there'd be no Batman stories to sell/milk.
Because the punchy method is more exciting as entertainment to write/read/film/watch when it comes to a comic character like Bruce who exists to put on a bat suit and fire imaginary gadgets at people. He's called Batman. That's his purpose as a character, he's not a real person. Corporate warfare can and has been an aspect of him but the reality is that it will always circle back around to a man dressed as a bat beating people up at night because he's Batman. He's not Officeman. He's crazy. It doesn't matter how effective or not his methods are in the grand scheme of things, he's fucked in the head and punching dudes is what he does. He ran out of bubblegum 79 years ago.
That's terrible.
40 cakes?!
That's terrible.
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What if it's a Marvel/DC crossover film? That could be a good enough hook for a white collar crime story
If only someone who knew what constitutes as white collar crime could clarify and bother to explain what white collar crime is. If only.
