Recall Hood’s thesis that “Batman is a conservative, Superman a liberal.” Property rights are an issue of disagreement between conservatives and liberals. Conservatives believe in property rights and doing things without government handouts; liberals want common property so “society can benefit” whenever they need to abscond with someone’s stuff (usually money, but all too often land, technological ideas, and other things, too). Then turn your attention to these two headlines, less than a year apart:

? Batman Begins Trailer

? Superman Returns Trailer