Batocrat

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batocrat

Title text: This is one of those comics that I mostly mean to just be funny, but will be interpreted as a direct political statement.

Votey

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Suit up, boy wonder! It's time to keep the proletariat down!

You got it, batm. Wait what?

Robin, I draw a billion dollar salary from a company I inherited, and which I put no labor into. Regular folks resent this. That's dangerous.

So, I dress as a terrifying night creature and run around every evening, keeping everyone on the straight and narrow.

Everyone feels simultaneously afraid of me and protected by me, leaving no mental room to question basic economic institutions.

I.. Wow

Wait, if you're so cruel, how come you adopted and saved me?

You do life-threatening work for food and a room, robin! Food and a room!

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Votey Transcript

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We are gods, robin. Gods?

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