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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[the boys] can the supes unionize?
gpt
In the comics it's possible but not practical as almost all supes operate with some level of legal protection and income provided by vought American. Trying to unionize would leave them without reliable income and open to legal repercussions. Vought in the comics is also all too happy to send it's heroes on extended secret missions or interplanetary expeditions for PR reasons when in reality they murder the upstart supe before they become a liability. 

In the show supes are completely dependent on vought for survival with everything about them owned and trademarked by vought. We see with mesmer that vought can ruin a supes life if it's no longer of use to them. And their entire lives are built around Vought functions so even without vought directly supporting them they're unable to use their powers for money without paying a tithe to Vought.