Honestly still coming to the realization that America's longstanding hatred of "communism" is really a hatred of all communal behavior, aka people coming together in solidarity, aka actual real politically-active community.
America hates community.
America hates community.
And America teaches Americans to be suspicious of any kind of community-based thinking. When you talk about "what would be good for the community," people look at you like you're crazy or naive or dangerous.
Honestly can you think of an American story about a group of people coming together to do ANYTHING besides win a war or a game? Can you think of a story about a community coming together to just, like, make sure everyone is okay?
We don't tell those stories. We tell stories about INDIVIDUALS. Batman saves Gotham! But Gotham never saves Batman.
I'd like to see a story about Gotham saving Gotham. And then at the end a guy in a bat costume rolls in and the citizens are like, "Bruce, is that you? Do you need help?" And then he gets free therapy.
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