Originally Posted by
lilyrose
Well, Gotham is a crime-riddled cesspool, but the question is WHY it is this way. Bruce blames the criminals themselves and not the conditions that created the situation. And THAT's what has to be the case for the whole Batman concept to work.
He doesn't think about what kind of power he has as Bruce Wayne and what other people like him have done or not done for Gotham to be this way. Politicians and law enforcement are corrupt, but that corruption in politics comes from nefarious backers, corporations and evil rich elites who own those hand-picked politicians so that they don't work for the people, only the money. And I just think as one of the moneyed elite himself, Bruce has a lot more power than he thinks (esp with his own Batman resources) to take down the evil moneyed class. For example, what would happen if he himself bought out every politician in Gotham? Just as an example for a story, I mean. He definitely has that kind of cash, right?