A long time ago, when comic books were fun and meant to be grown out of, before they went dark and woke yet infantile, they served a vital purpose. They introduced kids to science-fiction concepts that first stimulated their imagination. As an avid Superman fan, I, like millions of other boys around the world, pondered the science of his existence. How did coming from another planet (Krypton) give him powers and ability beyond those of mortal men? How did no one recognize him as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper?
But the tremors that shook Krypton are now shaking Bizarro World, suggesting its end is also nigh.
One of us young super-ologists grew up to be the great science-fiction writer Larry Niven (The Mote in God’s Eye, Lucifer’s Hammer). In 1969, Niven wrote the ultimate physics-based essay (Man of Steele, Woman of Kleenex) on why Superman cannot have sex with Lois Lane. The short clean answer is because ejaculation is an involuntary act, and to a human female fatal. In any case, this was the sort of imaginative contemplation the Superman mythmakers inspired. But perhaps the most relevant to today was their creation of Bizarro World.
Bizarro World is a parallel planet where exist repulsive versions of the Superman characters — Superman, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Perry White. But their biggest difference from the familiar universe is that they’re morons. The Bizarro Code proudly states that, “Us hate beauty. Us love ugliness. Is big crime to make anything perfect on Bizarro World.” And in the last two decades our world and country have become Bizarro World. (READ MORE from Lou Aguilar: Marvel-Less Movies)
Certainly, a large number of female social-media influencers brandishing green hair, tattoos, nose rings, and ignorance subscribe to at least two rules of the Bizarro Code. They hate beauty and they love ugliness. But until very recently, they could feel at home in the real world, thanks to its loser leaders. Take just three for instance.
As I’ve previously noted, U.S. President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Pope Francis are the Bizarro World counterparts to Ronald Reagan, Maggie Thatcher, and John Paul II. The latter three not only elevated their own people but destroyed the Evil Empire threatening them. Then their successors ceded their cultural and political gains to the left, resulting in, yes, Bizarro World.
Only in Bizarro World does a mindless zombie president literally decomposing in plain sight get hailed as an elder statesman by a lapdog corrupt media.
Only in Bizarro does the aforementioned undead president call the most humiliating military disaster since the fall of Saigon “a success.”
Only in Bizarro World does a country open its border to millions of unidentified invaders who threaten its citizens while the man in charge of it claims “the border is secure.”
Only in Bizarro World would a presidential press secretary be asked about rising antisemitism after the slaughter of 1,200 Jews in Israel and respond by lecturing on “disproportionate” hate crime against Muslims.
Only in Bizarro World would a military fire thousands of COVID vaccine-refusing soldiers, be shocked by the subsequent recruitment drop, then beg its virtuously ousted and insulted men to rejoin.
Only in Bizarro World would Democratic city officials vilify their police and coddle criminals then balk when cops retire at a record pace. The NYPD lost more than 5,000 officers in 2020, a 75 percent increase from the previous year.
Only in Bizarro World would men calling themselves women be allowed to compete against female athletes and destroy their future hopes, or be thrust in women’s prisons to prey upon the weaker inmates. (READ MORE: A Christmas Moral for Women)
Only in Bizarro World does a Muslim immigrant knife three children, and when the country’s citizens rise in protest, would the prime minister condemn “far right hate.” Ireland’s PM Leo Varadkar “hates the Irish people” free speech champion Elon Musk said on X.
And only in Bizarro World would the most preeminent religious leader in the world fete large groups of “transgender” folk who oppose both Church principle and reality, fire men who back those principles, and equate Israeli retribution against Hamas savagery as itself “terrorism.”
But the tremors that shook Krypton are now shaking Bizarro World, suggesting its end is also nigh. It starts with mockery once disallowed by social media before Musk took charge of Twitter. The previously banned satirical site Babylon Bee last week ridiculed Pope Francis in a devastatingly funny story. “Men Pretending To Be Women Go To Lunch With Man Pretending To Be Catholic,” read the headline.
The Pope’s fellow Argentinian, Javier Milei — the country’s new president after a huge victory last week — previously called Francis a “filthy leftist.” As president Milei has since moderated his tone toward the Pope but, unlike his Holiness, not toward socialism. Milei views abortion as morally indefensible and will permit it only when the life of the mother is at risk. (READ MORE: When Hollywoke Becomes a Joke, It’s Over)
Another conservative electoral blowout rocked Bizarro World last week — that of Geert Wilders’ “far right” party in the Netherlands. Wilders will doubtless cancel the Bizarro EU plan to close 3,000 farms in the name of climate equity. He will instead likely close Holland’s borders to the mass Muslim migration destroying Europe and currently disrupting Ireland.
As for America, next year will tell the tale. Will we elect a superman or continue to follow the Bizarro Code? “Is big crime to make anything perfect on Bizarro World.”
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