RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agoOpenAI is reportedly going all-in as a for-profit companymashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1518arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI is reportedly going all-in as a for-profit companymashable.comRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoSurprising, since Lex Luthor was often portrayed as a wealthy billionaire.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoAnd yet the problem was never that he was a billionaire, and Lexcorp was never portrayed as anything but an industrial powerhouse whose existence was ultimately good.
minus-squares3p5r@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI feel like Luthor was a better counterexample for this before the model for his billionaire redesign was elected President of the USA. Even so, Luthor hasn’t had quite the same volume of appearances as Iron Man, Batman, Captain America and the other rich superhero tropes.
Surprising, since Lex Luthor was often portrayed as a wealthy billionaire.
And yet the problem was never that he was a billionaire, and Lexcorp was never portrayed as anything but an industrial powerhouse whose existence was ultimately good.
I feel like Luthor was a better counterexample for this before the model for his billionaire redesign was elected President of the USA.
Even so, Luthor hasn’t had quite the same volume of appearances as Iron Man, Batman, Captain America and the other rich superhero tropes.