Is Batman A State Actor?

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Firstly, I would like to use the source of “War on Terror” to point out batman “gadgets” and how he is one of the most powerful men of his world. I would like to bring in the idea that batman has all the financial spending power that other people do not have. I will connect this to the notion of the power that others such as villains wish for, but they cannot have. As a result, batman creates a huge advantage among his competitors or villains. Secondly, I wish to discuss and analyze batman acting as a “police officer” using the article “Is Batman a State Actor?” I would like to denote how he potentially violates the fourth amendment of the U.S. constitution. Commissioner Gordon in comics and the sixties show has the ability to convert Batman from a super hero to a super cop. Some common examples could be that batman enters people homes and other places without a search warrant or a probable cause. Hence, I could argue that batman is abusive of his own powers. …show more content…
The article has an interesting experiment conducted in Netherlands where the participants fill out questionnaire that deals with their supervisors from work. These questions involve with the supervisors, charisma, legitimacy, and trust in low supervisors. Accompanied with charts and how the main questions affect the idea of trust of authority. Therefore, I plan in putting batman in the role of a supervisor since I believe he has the power to rule a society, and will debate how fair he actually is to the rest of

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