• SolacefromSilence@fedia.io
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    23 hours ago

    In the fictional universe that we’re talking about, which is an allegory of our own world, did I miss the comic where Bruce Wayne runs an insurance company as well as hospitals or is this head canon?

    Most indigent people, such as disabled henchmen here, likely would be covered by Medicaid. So the joke would stand that Bruce is benefiting selfishly through his hospitals providing marked up care at the government’s expense.

    I mean, this is much more believable behavior from billionaires than what’s normally depicted, lol

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      I think it’s just people assuming Wayne Enterprises is one of those evil all-encompassing mega-conglomerates common in fiction, like Buy n’ Large, Wayland-Yutani, or Amazon.

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      22 hours ago

      I think the insurance company part was invented by this comic but I didn’t know a ton about Batman. I did see online that Wayne Medical is a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises and operates many of the hospitals in Gotham.