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Are there people watching Gen V who haven’t watched The Boys? I expect there are some. This is a show that largely stands on its own as long as you have a basic understanding of the capitalist hellscape in which it is set. The idea here is that essentially all American superheroes are controlled by a massive corporation that cares more about monetizing their abilities than getting them the care they need; that’s something we can grasp pretty quickly because we live in a very similar capitalist hellscape.
