#NEPOTISM

[reyreadersblog]

Okay but we are not going to talk about the obvious nepotism in tgg...?

[midnightmaelstrom]

I asked my girlfriend what she considers a Round pokemon to be and she sent me this.

[falling-feels-like-flying]

Esteban Ocon whose parents sold their house, lived in a caravan to support his dreams. Esteban Ocon who was about to go back to flipping burgers after winning f3 coz he ran out of money, saved only by Toto Wolff whom he calls his fairy godmother. Esteban Ocon who believed he doesn't have the 'right' to lose coz of everything his family gave up, and everything they did give up... Esteban Ocon, a 'normal' guy who clawed his way to the top in this sport rife with generational wealth and nepotism. No one loves nepotism more than an f1 fan, no one. Y'all already root for Kimi's son, Max and his gf's hypothetical kids. "DOES VOWLES KNOW HE'S BADMOUTHING F1 ROYALTY, SEB'S GRID GODSON, MICK SCHUMACHER!?!" Those were the exact words I read few days back.

So next time, when u think Ocon is being too agressive, fighting too hard, also think about the teen who had the weight of the world on his shoulders. Think about the little boy who managed to claw his way to the top with all odds stacked against him only coz he fought hard.

[larphis]

I hope this hasn‘t been done yet lmao but this came to me in a moment of weakness and I had to do it.

[corpsedoll111]

𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 ༯❥༯ ⚰︎

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[classycookiexo]

In my ✨nepo✨ era

[politijohn]

Source

What a headline

[frownyalfred]

Do you think new league members ever get surprised by the built-in nepotism? Like Bruce being who he is like codified rules of hero title succession (like Dick taking Bruce's place as Batman and with it, all his founder status) or the Flash being a titled with a long history of being passed down. I mean, Bruce is even planning on Dick inherenting the league to become it's leader.

Do you think new members look at the member handbook, in the students, apprenticeship, partnerships, and sidekicks, and go "huh. That seems kinda... rigged??". Because honestly? If you're great, sure you can gain a lot of respect and power in the league but you'll never gain more power (from admin power to social power to beyond) then the founding members and founding membership can be inherited.

It's an interesting question. I can't speak to the canon responses very much, but I imagine it has a lot to do with people respecting the hell out of Dick Grayson/Nightwing and knowing he truly is the best leader to inherit Bruce's role. Batman's motivations in assigning that role to Dick isn't for some personal benefit, or a continued stake he wants to maintain in the League. He's not giving the position to Dick, essentially, to benefit himself or Dick -- he's giving it to Dick because he truly believes Dick is the best person to pick up the cowl after him. If he wasn't, I don't think we'd see Bruce handing off the League and Batman to someone who wasn't ready or wouldn't ever be ready.

I will also note that this 180 on nepotism is a very very new gen z phenomenon. I'm not saying I agree one way or another, so don't reblog saying frownyalfred says nepotism is okay. But also, we need to take a step back and realize that for a very long time in this country's history, nepotism, especially in "family" businesses, was damn near expected. Parents gave their kids their businesses when they wanted to retire. Dads hired their sons in their offices, etc etc. There were shades of nepotism, too -- giving a random son a title he didn't earn, versus hiring your accomplished son who just graduated top of his law school. It's not as clear cut as people online would like you to believe, that all nepotism is horrible, that all positions are unearned if they are given by family/friends, and that the worst thing in the world you could do is commit an act of nepotism and not, like, anything else more horrible. That's a tumblr/tiktok thing, which I feel I'm allowed to call out as a fellow member of gen z.

The Justice League isn't a business per se, but it is still something Bruce built and funds. So while we might see some mutterings about nepotism, yeah, I don't imagine anyone is going to get in Bruce's face and give him grief for giving his 1) highly qualified son a 2) position he trained for, for years that 3) Dick is ready to take when Bruce is done 4) in Bruce's own damn house (satellite).

Looking at hero succession through the lens of nepotism does the characters a disservice, I believe. We're applying a 2020's phenomenon (which is shedding important light on irl inequality and inequity, don't get me wrong) and ideas of "fairness" when the subjects are vigilantes and heroes.

And, disregarding everything I just said, the League itself does things by vote -- voting in Dick Grayson and having those checks/balances to Bruce's own goals is important, which is why he built them into the League itself. He can lobby the League, propose Dick, indicate his own preferences as a voting member, but if the entire Founders' table disagrees with him? His hands are kind of tied.

[sugarcokegirl]

[mysharona1987]

[liberalsarecool]

Every accusation is a confession.

So telling that Conservatives attack DEI, a policy that helps everyone [looking at you Appalachia], a policy that creates a pathway to success for white people just as much as anyone else, and use it to smear black competence and black excellence as unearned, all while turning a blind eye to white elites in Conservative culture with extreme unearned positions.

When the Right Wing whines about 'didn't earn it', they are talking about nepo baby Trump and his third generation of grifter scam artist children.

[sparklejumpropequeen1949]

cigarettes and sex

[bodhrancomedy]

Sure, life isn’t fair.

But it’d be nice if it was.

[corpsedoll111]

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[theshysoul]