I felt like that was mostly played for jokes. In the comics he's just a psycho attacking Mt. Rushmore and the writers decided to throw in at least some reason why.
It's also common knowledge in film and TV that if you want to get your more radical ideas past the network/execs/censors you give them to the bad guy. The dumbasses there see the bad guy saying good/socialist things and think "aha! Perfect propaganda!" then workers see a bad guy saying socialist things and think "oh shit, I want to be the bad guy now"
I felt like that was mostly played for jokes. In the comics he's just a psycho attacking Mt. Rushmore and the writers decided to throw in at least some reason why.
yeah, I can see that interpretation. I only watched it once so I should probably rewatch it more sober again
It's also common knowledge in film and TV that if you want to get your more radical ideas past the network/execs/censors you give them to the bad guy. The dumbasses there see the bad guy saying good/socialist things and think "aha! Perfect propaganda!" then workers see a bad guy saying socialist things and think "oh shit, I want to be the bad guy now"