Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

No, no, Cap is the equivalent of Vince McMahon creating the intercontinental championship. He knows nationalism gets a cheap pop so he creates story lines around that. Cap is no different and was essentially created as propaganda. He is inhumanely 'perfect' and in that sense lacks any kind of character or character development that'd make him interesting. More or less he comes off as smarmy and self assured in believing that he's always doing the right thing where Ironman knows that he's flawed behind all of his bumptious posturing. The idea of 'perfection' in somebody who is a stereotypically nationalist and right wing is purely propaganda. He's meant to appeal to the right in the same exact way that Black Panther was meant to appeal to the left. In all honesty, as much as I prefer Tony because of his character being much more interesting, real and honest I can't side with either because they both are reflective of American issues. Cap being the self righteous patriotic culture of America that lives to serve as a symbol of heroism with out second guessing it until the evil liberals come for their guns (which is exactly the same point cap is trying to make) and Ironman being the image of the spoiled 1% who can hide behind their wealth and status to get away with anything along with being a representation of the evils of corporatism having too much control over policy. I'll ride with Cap when it comes to the civil war, but over all I'm siding neither and rooting for Spiderman for being the hero above both.