9 Movies That Prove Capitalism Isn't All Bad

By Philip Lewis / July 13, 2013

6. The Dark Knight

Another superhero who owes the majority of his success to his wealth, arguably more so than Iron Man. Tony Stark was a child genius who could build high-tech weapons and even his own suit. Bruce Wayne just hired Morgan Freeman to do it for him. He hollows out a cave and a vast workshop below his mansion, pays Michael Caine's salary, and forks out for the Batmobile (which apparently has an extortionately high mark-up price). Basically: no capitalism, no batman. Then there's the Joker, who displays an alarming indifference to the value of money. Although 'anarchist' seems like too trivial a title for such an iconic villain, it is essentially what he is. In essence, he "just wants to watch the world burn". A rare Hollywood instance of the billionaire capitalist caricature broadly being on the side of good rather than evil.