The Batman - Official 4K Trailer (2022) Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz | DC FanDome 2021

[Urriak Uruk]

If Bruce Wayne didn't dress up as Batman, who would take down The Joker or The Riddler?

To be fair, most comics explore how those two are both reactions to Batman... if he didn't exist, they might not either.

 

[Stalker0]

I don't know how else to explain "the fact that a thing can't be fixed in it's entirety does not mean it cannot be improved or that it isn't worth improving".

If you're going to hyperfocus on one word in a post to the point where you completely ignore the larger point, I guess there's no reason to continue to engage.

The difference is I have engaged with some solid facts to endorse my point. Now my bar may be higher than yours but I think I was able to show that poverty reduction is not trivial.

your belief is that Batman could make serious dents in crime by using his wealth rather than his fists. I don’t think anyone would disagree that he could reduce crime, the main question is how much? 1%, half? Without some idea of the degree, there’s isn’t really anything to engage their with

 

[doctorbadwolf]

The difference is I have engaged with some solid facts to endorse my point. Now my bar may be higher than yours but I think I was able to show that poverty reduction is not trivial.

your belief is that Batman could make serious dents in crime by using his wealth rather than his fists. I don’t think anyone would disagree that he could reduce crime, the main question is how much? 1%, half? Without some idea of the degree, there’s isn’t really anything to engage their with

My position is that Batman’s crimefighting would be more effective if he combined the criminal punching with poverty relief, affordable housing, helping people have opportunities, better drug and mental health infrastructure, and made his criminal punching more precisely targeted.

But folks keep getting stuck on one sentence in a long post and acting like that one sentence is the entire post.

 

[trappedslider]

The Wayne Foundation is the holding company for the Thomas Wayne Foundation and the Martha Wayne Foundation; it is the largest transparently operated private foundation within the DC Universe. The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, is arts and humanities: to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology, and to fund scientific research and help altruistic people with research by providing facilities and training. The scale of the foundation and the way it seeks to apply business techniques to giving makes it one of the leaders in venture philanthropy, though the foundation itself notes that the philanthropic role has limitations.

The foundation has its own building, called the Wayne Foundation Building, which includes a penthouse where Bruce Wayne lived for a period of time. It also has a secret elevator that leads to a matching Batcave in a secret sub-basement under the building.

Through the Wayne Foundation and the affiliated organizations underneath, Bruce Wayne addresses social-economic problems encouraging crime, assists victims of crimes, and maintains connections to the streets through the soup kitchens and social services groups; all of which augments his crime fighting efforts in a way that his Batman persona cannot. This arrangement also provides a large network of connections in the world of charities. He finds out about the newest trends, sciences and the arts.

 

[Imaculata]

A police force that had been suitably trained and equipped, thanks to a certain billionaire's generous donations?

Even if that were possible, there's plenty of corruption within the Gotham PD.

 

[MarkB]

Even if that were possible, there's plenty of corruption within the Gotham PD.

That also sounds like a problem better resolved by applying political and monetary pressure than by punching criminals.

 

[trappedslider]

That also sounds like a problem better resolved by applying political and monetary pressure than by punching criminals.

 

[MarkB]

Does it come across any better if you substitute "batarangs" for "money"?

Well, okay, it does sound a million times cooler. But still not more realistic.

 

[trappedslider]

Does it come across any better if you substitute "batarangs" for "money"?

Well, okay, it does sound a million times cooler. But still not more realistic.

well, it doesn't help if the city is basically cursed to be a hell hole no matter what anyone does...as in actually cursed and not in a "forever status quo" type of thing.

 

[MarkB]

well, it doesn't help if the city is basically cursed to be a hell hole no matter what anyone does...as in actually cursed and not in a "forever status quo" type of thing.

Again, this sounds like a root cause to be resolved. Time to call in Doctor Fate for a de-cursening.