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They keep wanting to make "Superman is vulnerable and hurting" stories because they bought the "le invincible = boring" meme about him, and will continue to fail because of it. Literally the best part about the lackluster Justice League movie was him waking up and soloing the entire team in seconds, showing why everyone is so obsessed with him being there.
Superman is meant to be the shining icon even in the darkest hour. The inspiration that we cling to to "keep fighting." So show him bloodied and beaten as some metaphor for our country just means we are already completely lost and this is just doom porn.
Superman is just not an interesting character.
By himself? Not particularly short of a handful of stories that play well to his character and dynamic, and most of those need a lot of prior buildup that the DCEU doesn't have time to do.
He works best as a foil to a different hero, and in that way he is easily slotted in to grant conflict or resolution to their stories without a need for a genuine threat.
But Hollywood writers can't handle that, so instead its "le subverting expectations" all over again to make him weak and sad.