Are things really as bad as they seem? No.

They're so much worse.

In this season finale, we conclude our deep dive into power and influence. We see how the Reagan era truly marks the point of no return for the capitalist world. We'll learn just why we're made to believe that other countries are evil, despite the United States doing everything it accuses our "official" enemies of and far more.

Our travels this season have taken us from New York (or possibly Gotham or Metropolis?) to the Middle East to Russia to a small Vermont town with one weirdly prominent cinema marquis and back again. Oh and also we're going to space in this one.

They've also taken us through electoral politics, international warmongering, the militarization of the police, and ultimately the complete handover of power from the people to corporations. Not to mention the complicity of for-profit media in normalizing all this unspeakable horror.

We've seen this all through the dirty, broken window into the era that is the Justice League of J.M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen. We could not have asked for a better example of the toxic effect right-wing politics has on even the most "liberal" outlets of pop culture and, eventually, on the most fundamental aspects of our lives.

Thank you for joining along the way. We couldn't have done it without you.