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If superheroes were real, I think The Boys would’ve been a very realistic depiction of superheroes in today’s society. The Boys depicts a society in which superheroes care more about money and marketing than kindness.
In such a society, “success” and “good” are (re)defined based on popularity and the number of followers. The Boys suggests that superheroes are turned into super-villains if wealth is prioritised over kindness.
In such a society, the truth itself will be under siege, for truth is of no value if it doesn’t add to the wealth. In other words, wealth becomes the arbitrator that decides what the truth is. The truths that doesn’t serve to this purpose, will be ignored and suppressed.
I think the deepest meaning that The Boys conveys is that kindness is superior to superpowers; that innate kindness should be valued more than wealth.
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