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Originally Posted by peter12
Yeah, if the central takeaway is that the Joker is a mentally-ill everyman, and the whole thing could have been avoided if taxes were a little bit higher, and services were more available, well, that's not a story...
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That's really only if you accept the narrative on its face. The Joker's recollection was particularly inconsistent when it came to his interactions with other people. For example, his co-worker giving him a gun, because he liked him makes zero sense. It had already been established that he freaked his co-workers out. Why would anyone just give the creepy guy a gun? Even back then, there was significant gun control. So getting an illegal uncontrolled gun would have been a feat. Then you go and give it to the creepiest person you know for free?
The co-workers story later on is that Arthur was asking him for a gun, but he didn't supply him with one. That seems a lot more realistic.
Overall, I'm guessing that the Joker's narrative takes a lot of liberties to rationalize his own criminality.
The reason we get the flashbacks about Sophie is that it was a flashback that Arthur himself realized was false. Who knows what else went on that he didn't realize.