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[–] 5too@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

As I understand it, there was one timeline in the nineties where he came in a "birthing pod", just so he'd be born in the US. That's been changed again since; aside from that weirdness, he's always been an immigrant.

Which makes sense - wasn't his concept conceived by two Jewish immigrants who wanted to give their spin on what an actual Übermensch would be like, as opposed to what Nazi Germany was putting out? Pretty sure that's how he got his name...

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 5 points 5 days ago

I mean, yeah, it kinda detracts from his whole backstory. Especially if the whole reason was just to be able to say "See? He's totally American by birthright!".

The whole point was that shit shouldn't be important.