For real though if I was a poor ass Toad living in the Mushroom Kingdom and saw Mario playing tennis with Bowser I’d be like “despite their pretend disagreements there really is only the uniparty”
Mario pretends to be of the working class, but it's all a sham. He doesn't even have an Italian accent. He's the Larry the Cable Guy of the Mushroom Kingdom
have you seen the grand fan theory that the entire rivalry is play-acting between bored monarchs? like peach calls up bowser and they decide to have a little war for fun, or maybe this time they race karts
largely based on the stages in paper mario battles and the opening of mario 3, i think
I remember reading "There's No Such Thing As Free Speech" on recommendation from a more liberal friend and had to put it down when he started talking about how he played tennis with fuckin Dinesh D'Sousa lol