Reading Andrew Anglin's "A Normie's Guide to the Alt Right" for the first time.
When discussing meme mascots, he mentions Bane as a secondary mascot for the Alt Right, after Pepe. He writes:
>the villain Bane in many ways embodying the Jewish nightmare of fascism. The Alt-Right has adopted this character as a secondary mascot because of his character as a strongman, taking down an oppressive liberal-democratic system and attempting to establish an authoritarian-populist social order.
I don't think I saw Bane the same way. It seems more likely that Bane was a villainisation of just revolutionary anarchists in general, some of his agendas mirroring the Occupy Wall Street movement in many ways. You could definitely see Bane as a radical left-wing villain and Batman as the conservative authoritarian reactionary.
I know it doesn't matter because ultimately it's a Sup Forums meme that managed to tap into meme magic, but let's ask ourselves- what is Bane? A Big Antifa Guy or a Right Wing Death Squad Leader For You?
Alexander Hernandez
To me bane is neither left-wing nor right-wing, he's simply the man of the people, honestly the fact that Andrew Anglin sees him as such is just moe proof to me that genuine stormfags can't meme.
Aiden Jones
Does it really matter? I think he's a bit like Pepe, he's both a caricature of Hitler and Lenin. His populism could be steered either way.
But seeing as being ''conservative'' would now mean being a neoliberal globalist to maintain the status quo, is Batman really reactionary?
Mason Ross
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Christian Myers
>attempting to establish an authoritarian-populist social order
but thats not at all what bane did bane literally implemented complete anarchy and destroyed any semblance of social order
Zachary Evans
I bet you're a big guy.
Justin James
>To me bane is neither left-wing nor right-wing, he's simply the man of the people
Pretty much.
Jackson Martinez
I think he looks fuckin retarded.. just because he's bald I think is why he has been adopted. Bane, is disorganized, and to be honest, fuck batman altogether. Superman is the new mascot.