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[Rickswordfish]

Instead of being Batman, why doesn't Bruce Wayne just use his financial resources to getting rid of poverty in Gotham? That would almost surely get rid of the crime

[prepmaster]

there is still the question of corruption, organized crimes based on other demands that are not purely related to money (drugs, human trafficking, torture porn etc...). You have a naive mind to think motives for committing crimes are always purely based on money.

[Gaius]

I don't even like modern Batman but this always came off as a dumb "gotcha" question.

It's 'cause it'd be a very boring comic if 80s years of Batman was Bruce in meetings going over how much he's donating to which charity this month or in meetings he has with municipal poverty programs.

[SiegePerilous02]

I don't even like modern Batman but this always came off as a dumb "gotcha" question.

It's 'cause it'd be a very boring comic if 80s years of Batman was Bruce in meetings going over how much he's donating to which charity this month or in meetings he has with municipal poverty programs.

This is pretty much always the long and short of it. How entertaining is it to read comics about Bruce solving problems with his money in board meetings? Nobody wants to spend money on that.

Him not being able to save Gotham long term also has more to do with needing the villains and setting available indefinitely than any in-universe reason. The reasons why Batman can't fix Gotham no matter what he does always exists outside of the comics and not within them, so it's kind of a futile task to speculate why Batman can't solve the current status quo. We know why.

[Gaius]

This is pretty much always the long and short of it. How entertaining is it to read comics about Bruce solving problems with his money in board meetings? Nobody wants to spend money on that.

Him not being able to save Gotham long term also has more to do with needing the villains and setting available indefinitely than any in-universe reason. The reasons why Batman can't fix Gotham no matter what he does always exists outside of the comics and not within them, so it's kind of a futile task to speculate why Batman can't solve the current status quo. We know why.

I think most just forget the money is just so he can have all the "wonderful toys".

[SiegePerilous02]

I think most just forget the money is just so he can have all the "wonderful toys".

Yeah, that's the main reason he has it, and how he's gone from independently well off, to a millionaire to now a billionaire because the plots and equipment he needs require him to be absurdly rich to function. He went from solving mysteries in his basement and driving a slightly tricked out car to financing the entire Justice League and sci-fi gadgets and bases.

There is also the fact that most of the crime he fights is against supervillains who aren't hurting for money. As the Joker pointed out to the Black Glove, "I've flushed more money down the toilet than all of you put together." So this "Batman beats up the poor" narrative never made sense either.

[Robanker]

I don't even like modern Batman but this always came off as a dumb "gotcha" question.

It's 'cause it'd be a very boring comic if 80s years of Batman was Bruce in meetings going over how much he's donating to which charity this month or in meetings he has with municipal poverty programs.

Pretty much this.

There are so many unrealistic things about Batman-- and yes, this is one of them-- but the core conceit of the character is that he lives in a fantasy world in which becoming Batman is the best course of action because it's simultaneously the most interesting. It's why nobody just shoots him in the exposed mouth despite some handwavy bullshit about "the mask is heavily armored" or "the symbol draws their fire." Anyone would take one or two shots at the chest and then just shoot him in the mouth, but then Batman's dead, so it doesn't happen.

These stories are tailored to fit around their impossible premises. That's why.

[Timothy Hunter]

That might serve as a solution to street level crime but doesn't address the Arkham crowd, which probably is a factor as to why Gotham is in such financial dire straits.

[Rickswordfish]

That might serve as a solution to street level crime but doesn't address the Arkham crowd, which probably is a factor as to why Gotham is in such financial dire straits.

Ok better question, Why haven't any of Batman's rogues gallery been given the death penalty, they're all mass murders, at the very least The Joker should've gotten executed a long time ago

[Caivu]

Ok better question, Why haven't any of Batman's rogues gallery been given the death penalty, they're all mass murders, at the very least The Joker should've gotten executed a long time ago

Gotham is in New Jersey, which has outlawed capital punishment since 2007, and which hadn't executed anyone since 1963 until the repeal.

[Zorkel567]

Gotham is in New Jersey, which has outlawed capital punishment since 2007, and which hadn't executed anyone since 1963 until the repeal.

The Punchline One-Shot explicitly has the judge state that "Gotham resides in a state that upholds capital punishment."

[Rickswordfish]

The Punchline One-Shot explicitly has the judge state that "Gotham resides in a state that upholds capital punishment."

Then why hasn't anyone been executed

[Celgress]

That might serve as a solution to street level crime but doesn't address the Arkham crowd, which probably is a factor as to why Gotham is in such financial dire straits.

Nor would it address the dire off-world threats Batman has repeatedly helped fend off.

[dietrich]

Instead of being Batman, why doesn't Bruce Wayne just use his financial resources to getting rid of poverty in Gotham? That would almost surely get rid of the crime

Bruce does use his money to help Gotham but even Bruce Wayne doesn't have enough money or power to get rid of poverty. That would require an overhaul of the nations systems, polices and more. Capitalism needs the poor and poverty. Gotham is a city. Part of a larger whole. Not to mention that crime isn't just a result of poverty

[hairys]

Instead of being Batman, why doesn't Bruce Wayne just use his financial resources to getting rid of poverty in Gotham? That would almost surely get rid of the crime

How does Bruce use his money to rid Gotham of poverty? Be specific. Let us see your detailed plan.