![]() His relationship with the government and military was always uneasy and a lot of what he did had to be papered over or “handled” after the fact to maintain the image of Captain America. We know this because Steve Rogers always followed his own sense of right and wrong even when it went directly against the government’s wishes, we saw this in both Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War. Government to be something that Steve Rogers himself never would have been. Instead, the concept of Captain America was masterminded by the U.S. More to the point, he WAS NOT Captain America for about 70 years because he was trapped in ice. The problem with trying to emulate the version of Captain America as made famous by Steve Rogers is that Steve Rogers was never trying to be Captain America. Unfortunately, John Walker failed to get that memo. His image, the concept of Captain America, has been aggressively white-washed into the ultimate patriot when he was never anything of the sort. He wasn’t loyal to a title or a shield, when he figured out that Hydra had infiltrated the organization that he’d been serving he literally burned it to the ground. He didn’t win every fight he got into, he was just willing to keep standing up. After he was successful, the military leaned into it, but what choice did he leave them? Steve Rogers didn’t beat people up in the name of the stars and stripes, he fought evil as he understood it by his own moral code. The mission with the Howling Commandos was him going against orders, so far against orders that he had to steal a helmet from one of his backup dancers for protection. Cap’s big shiny assignment was traveling around the country with a chorus line and a pitch to buy war bonds. ![]() Government took their brand new, one-of-a-kind super soldier and turned him into … a salesman. When Captain America first hit the scene, the U.S. Obviously, the comics are more nuanced and have storylines that could make all of this moot or just plain wrong.) (Disclaimer: I have not read any Marvel comics about Captain America, my entire analysis here is based on the MCU. And in a way, he’s a better Captain America than Steve Rogers ever was, because Steve Rogers was never the Captain America that the American government wanted him to be. ![]() This past week on Falcon and the Winter Soldier saw a big turn for the character of John Walker who is currently attempting to convince the world that he is Captain America.
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