
Originally Posted by
Cafe_Post_Mortem
I think the reason a fictional character is representative of America is because fictional characters live up to the ideal much better than real people do. Real people have real flaws, and have a harder time representing the many versions of what America is. Captain America and Superman, the iconic all American boys, are not there to devalue the contributions of real living people, but to hold up an impossible idea to strive for. Hercules and Odysseus of our age.
It's not that we depend on them to act for us, it is that a few people are trying to use them to inspire us to act.
At least that's my take.
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