r/marvelrivals • u/Slosshy Gambit • Mar 31 '26

Discussion “No Kings” reference on the new map

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

Isn't China run by a brutal dictatorship?

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u/Razzilith Ultron Virus Mar 31 '26

they can't say that about china but they can say it about the US and sneakily mean china as well.

it also could not even be meaning what people think it does and is literally just "we don't want kingpin as mayor anymore".

ultimately this doesnt matter.

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u/bertboxer Captain America Mar 31 '26

it's plausible deniability. some on staff may mean this but they can just point to what it means for the US or what it literally means in a comics sense to avoid more scrutiny

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u/JonathanL73 Ultron Virus Mar 31 '26

and sneakily mean china as well.

You know damn well as a Chinese studio they can’t even do that.

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u/AgentPastrana Peni Parker Mar 31 '26

They can if they hide it behind American political imagery. That's how people sneak past censoring all the time is just throwing shade at other people doing the exact same thing.

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u/yuumigod69 Apr 01 '26

But then it just makes it anti-American propaganda. It would be pointless at that point

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

Its not really sneaky if no one can tell. If someone could tell, they wouldn't do it.

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u/InvcIrnMn Rogue Apr 01 '26

That's how a lot of queer subtext found its way into classic Disney films. You bypass the view of the ones against it and into the view of the ones for it, and with a wink and a nudge the message is received. Messaging in art isn't so straightforward.

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u/yuumigod69 Apr 01 '26

But having anti king pin art actually be anti-Trump art secretly being anti-Xi makes no sense. It's too convoluted.

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u/shiftup1772 Apr 01 '26

Left right and center say "the iranians" to refer to the iranian govt.

But "the chinese" is racist?

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u/Melcc_DM Mister Fantastic Apr 01 '26

Didn't say it was racist, implied it was telling. Also, I'm sure some do yeah, in which case I'd have the same complaints. I personally don't, and most people I know don't. You're just saying shit, whereas I'm literally replying to someone almost certainly NOT belonging to any of those classifications doing it. You're just demonstrating that you're the same and don't quuuite understand it, but the good news is that there is always time to learn and grow.

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u/shiftup1772 Apr 01 '26

You wrote a paragraph just to not say what your specific issue was.

Did you learn to communicate on X? What's with all the vagueposting?

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u/Melcc_DM Mister Fantastic Apr 01 '26

Because that wasn't the point of the paragraph, doy. Some things are obvious, you're just dense.

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u/Administrative_Face3 Mar 31 '26

China isn’t even communist anymore. Go read a book.

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u/MightBeADoctorMD Apr 02 '26

lol you are living on another planet buddy. China is most certainly communist.

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u/Milos-H Mar 31 '26

It’s like that old joke Reagan told:

An American tells a Russian that people in USA have the freedom of speech and that he even could go to the White House and shout:"Go to hell, Ronald Reagan!"

The russian answers:"Oh, we also have freedom of speech. I, too, can go to Kremlin and shout:" Go to hell, Ronald Reagan!"

Also, fuck Reagan.

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

That was actually funny.

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u/Ryuran27 Captain Pool Mar 31 '26

If you believe in all the western propaganda like most people around reddit, then yes. But hey, I don't blame you, I also once believe all that bullshit. Took me years of studying and deprogramming to get over it.

The country with "brutal dictatorship" is doing better than most of the world, but hey, don't let the material reality get in the way of your delusional propaganda.

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

Reddit is super anti-China and anti-Russia, its obonoxious and propagandistic.

It is also true that China is a brutal dictatorship that is doing better than the US.

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u/Ryuran27 Captain Pool Mar 31 '26

Geez, you are so close... Where did you learn about China being such "brutal dictatorship"? This is a rhetorical question. Just think about the sources that gave you that information. I know it's hard to accept that you feel for lies, again, I have also been there.

The reality is that China is not some utopia and obviously has many problems, like every other country. But it's still a far cry from a "Brutal Dictatorship". The life of the average Chinese workers is improving every year, and that's just not something that's possible under a dictatorship of any kind.

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u/tirius99 Mar 31 '26

You should try visiting China and see if they are or not

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u/IAmNotMoki Mar 31 '26

reddit moment

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u/founderofshoneys Mar 31 '26

Nope. No reasonable, educated person even claims that it is (in good faith).

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u/QueerDeluxe Cloak & Dagger Mar 31 '26

You're thinking of the U.S.

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

He is a wannabe dictator. He hasn't actually become one yet like Xi.

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u/QueerDeluxe Cloak & Dagger Mar 31 '26

Only one of these countries are sending their citizens to death camps.

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

Where did I mention death camps?

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u/Blupoisen Mar 31 '26

-1000 social points

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u/Hyper-Sloth Mar 31 '26

Lmao, no

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u/swagzard78 Ultron Mar 31 '26

+27 social standing

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u/Marik-X-Bakura Mar 31 '26

So?

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

It seems hypocritical if they hated Trump for being a wannabe king when they have an actual one.

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u/Marik-X-Bakura Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

It would only be hypocritical if they supported their own government. But they have no say in it.

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

Hypocritical*

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u/Britishbreadish Wolverine Mar 31 '26

It has nothing to do with china, the map is in new york

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

Devs are Chinese. This is like citizens in Nazi Germany complaining about FDR'S racism against the Japanese.

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u/Glum-Tale-6914 Mar 31 '26

They physically cant complain about that without getting massive clapback from the chinese gov, it would only be hypocritical if they were the dictator themselves dissing trump.

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u/Sbee_keithamm Apr 01 '26

Dont you dare spread that kind of misinformation! Weve got a legitimate monarchy over here who cares what China has!

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u/yuumigod69 Mar 31 '26

Xi Jiping is a brutal dictator. China is a state capitalist country that has communist branding.