it happens once in a while when a comic character dies.captain America went through many adventures until Marvel comics thought it was finally time to cut short his life at 66 years.
American cinema is very creative as far as the propaganda goes; this character was created as a propaganda tactic in the world war II. Charlie Chaplin was also a product of that time; his first film being the “great dictator”. i have another cartoon video “Nip the Nips” starring Bugs Bunny.
these characters achieved multiple targets; apart from instilling blind patriotism, they also created hatred in the minds of people against others such as the japanese and germans. for that the American people of Japanese descent had to go through rough times.it took a long time to erase that hate.
so while Captain America might have given some people laughs at times, we should remember their dark aspects too.
RIP, captain America.
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The national patriotism and villianization of the Japanese came after the attack on Pearl Harbor, not from a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
As for the villianization of the Germans, just ask anyone who lived in any of the countries Hitler conquered and oppressed in attempt to enslave the world and create the “master race.” I think the German and Japanese militaries had more to do with Americans and the rest of the world hating them.