>I do think some of this will depend on how the turn to The
>Joker is handled. Will the character simply target his fury on
>those he felt wronged him (which I think ventures more in the
>MAGA territory) or will it be much more indiscriminant or far
>reaching?

When they go on those shooting sprees or when they're chanting "build the wall," they weren't personally scorned by the shooting victims or immigrants. They feel scorned or bullied for one reason or another and think, "Fuck EVERYONE who isn't like me. Shake up the system." So then literally everyone who isn't a white Republican male can fuck off and die.

I'd have more faith that the obvious political climate parallel could work in a Joker movie if it wasn't Todd Phillips at the helm.