The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that this week’s Marvel Comics #1000 has had an essay changed from a preview version sent out to retailers. In the previous version, an essay by Mark Waid was critical of a “deeply flawed” American political system.

The comic is a celebration release from Marvel celebrating 80 years of the publisher. The comic features 80 creative teams who each contribute one page made up of one-page stories or, as in this case, an essay over an image.

Below is the full essay:

I’m asked how it’s possible to love a country that’s deeply flawed.

It’s hard sometimes. The system isn’t just. We’ve treated some of our own abominably.

Worse, we’ve perpetuated the myth that any American can become anything, can achieve anything, through sheer force of will. And that’s not always true. This isn’t the land of opportunity for everyone. The American ideals aren’t always shared fairly.

Yet without them, we have nothing.

With nothing, cynicism becomes reality. With nothing, for the privileged and the disenfranchised both, our way of life ceases to exist. We must always remember that America, as imperfect as it is, has something. It has ideals that give it structure.

When the structure works, we get schools. We get roads and hospitals. We get a social safety net. More importantly, when we have structure, we have a foundation upon which to rebuild the American Dream — that equal opportunity can be available to absolutely everyone.

America’s systems are flawed, but they’re our only mechanism with which to remedy inequality on a meaningful scale. Yes, it’s hard and bloody work. But history has shown us that we can, bit by bit, right that system when enough of us get angry. When enough of us take to the streets and force those in power to listen. When enough of us call for revolution and say, “Injustice will not stand.”

That’s what you can love about America.

A new essay that’s more of a focus on Captain America, whose the focus o the art by John Cassaday it’s over, is more focused on Captain America the ideal. It’s a more appropriate piece but this change comes after news over Marvel’s censorship of an essay by Maus creator Art Spiegelman in another Marvel anniversary release.