This is a really interesting meme on multiple levels.
1) The historical reality is that the U.S. is neither Superman or Homelander.
2) Is history told from the perspective of the victor biased? Yes. But guess what- so is history told from the perspective of the loser or victim.

2a) I mean, have you ever listened to people who lost a game in sports retell how things went? "The refs didn't give us a single call/ They cheated/ etc." Go ahead and distrust those in power, but it's irrational to believe that those without it don't have their own agenda.

3. You won't find a civilization anywhere in the world at any point in history that doesn't have some awful skeletons in their closet. If you think the U.S. is purely Homelander or Injustice Superman, I don't think you've seen Darkseid in the history books.

4. I wonder how many empires (and yes, the U.S. is an empire), have gone through an internal narrative deconstruction like what we are presently experiencing? The historical narrative pendulum has swung from teaching America as Superman to America as Homelander...

Much of the Tr*mp movement was fueled by people who are angry about "America as Homelander" narrative (which is very en vogue in Hollywood & mass media). Will we be able to find a way to have nuanced critiques of our history and make reforms?

Or will the pendulum swings become all the more drastic, angry, and violent?

P.S. if you don't know who the character Homelander is (and I don't recommend watching "The Boys". It's far too masochistic for my taste), he is essentially a duplicitous, evil version of Superman who feigns being a "truth, justice, and the American way" hero to the public