In The Batman (2022), Thomas Wayne was assassinated by the mob because he refused to be complicit in corruption. This is a reference to the fact that the only good billionaire is a dead billionaire.
Bruce Wayne is of course exempt from this rule, because he’s a superhero in a comic book movie who knows kung fu.
Does that theory fit with the fact that Batman often busts crooked cops?
Neither vigilantes nor billionaires are known for a coherent moral philosophy.
In The Batman (2022), Thomas Wayne was assassinated by the mob because he refused to be complicit in corruption. This is a reference to the fact that the only good billionaire is a dead billionaire.
Bruce Wayne is of course exempt from this rule, because he’s a superhero in a comic book movie who knows kung fu.