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   Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Apr-2026 13:50:33 JST Nicole Parsons

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   @inthehands

   The fetishization of "heroes" in American culture has always been cognitively dissonant.

   https://professionalsoutherner.com/2025/03/04/the-problem-of-the-hero/

   People waiting around being miserable, suffering, and dying, waiting for the cavalry to arrive, or a small group of superheroes, or a lone man coming to the rescue.

   It portrays Americans as a passive people letting others step forward & do the hard stuff.

   Perlmutter, a major GOP donor, is the former owner of several movie franchises like the Marvel Universe.

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