Lastly, with some adjustments to his character design, he would be a good champion of the people, in a real sense, if he was cut from the nationalist roots, and had a canon reboot, a la New 52 or Rebirth.. With the right writers pushing, he could be much like Green Arrow, the more socialist coded DC hero, who thematically parallels Hawkeye. Also It is in your face: nazis can take hold of your government during vulnerable times of national security being a concern, and periods of high civilian panic and xenophobia. Or, realistically, if they didnt skirt around it, it happens invariably in a state and with capitalism.