What the Death of Captain America Really Means

The death of Captain America was all over the news yesterday, but no one seemed to indicate the real meaning behind his death. The media was quick to show it as some sort of negative, unamerican, liberal plot device. They mixed it up as some sort of contrived "America-hater" conspiracy.

But Captain America's death actually signified the opposite.

See, toward the end of the Marvel Civil War series, Captain America had become a sort of liberal ideologue and leader of a resistance force of superheroes (the Secret Avengers) that were opposed to Iron Man and his Republican/fascist/Bush-like cronies. Captain America was leading a revolt against a Patriot-Act-like law requiring all heroes to register and identify themselves to the government. Captain America was not representing a conservative, republican morality toward the end of his life, but standing for the old, liberal ideals of freedom and equality. It's not so ironic that Captain America was assassinated by a sniper's bullet, reminiscent of the death of JFK, MLK, and Robert Kennedy.

His death was a political hit, most likely financed by the uber-wealthy, republican Iron Man and his grunts. And his death symbolizes what is happening to America today at the hands of the Republican party.

In essence, the death of Captain America is symbolic of the death of the old America we grew up knowing and loving.

Read the Premise for Marvel Comic's Civil War on Wikipedia for more background.

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