People have lost their minds over Marvel's "United States of Captain America" #1. The complaint is that its too "woke". People are weighing in without really looking at the comic itself. An article that explains what the offending text is and how people have responded can be found in
The problem text is:
Fox, naturally, latched on to the lines "The first American dream is the one that isn't real" and "A good dream is shared. Shared radically. Shared with everyone. When something isn't shared, it can become the American lie" and then brought on guests to react to Marvel saying that the American Dream is "dead" and "a lie."
I really see nothing wrong with Captain America saying this. It's true. The so-called "American Dream" has been horded by some, excluded others, and built off the backs of many. However the comic has triggered some people. They argue that Captain America has become way patriotic and and antigovernmental. Any one who argues this knows nothing about who Captain America is and what does it symbolizes. He has always stood for the ideal version of the United States. You know the version of what we say we stand for and not what we do really do. That America welcomes immigrants, protects the weak, promises freedom to become the best version of yourself. It is about opportunity. Instead what we have is a history of chauvinism, genocide, greed, slavery, and racism. Captain America inspires people to be better - and never shy away from politics.
Captain America's first appearance depicts the character punching Hitler in the face (always a joy) in 1941 before America had even entered WWII.
And a story was published in 2003 called "Truth: Red, White, and Black" in which we find out America experimented on Black soldiers to try to re-create the super soldier serum that created Captain America in the first place. When Captain America found out what had happened in present day, he fought to help the lone survivor. This story was some of the inspiration for "Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" series on Disney+.
There was another story they published in 2009 called "Flag of Our Fathers" where Captain America
teamed up the Black Panther of WWII to stop Nazis and in it Captain America refuses to accept the racism and segregation of that time. And trust me, there are plenty of times where Captain America chooses to do the right thing despite what the United States government says
Outlets like PragerU do not seem to know what the comic is about but only want to attack "wokeness".
Some outlets like the above article and the Young Turks (TYT) actually have accurate and well thought-out commentary:
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