The parallels between Musk and Stark seemed perfect on paper. Both are billionaire tech innovators with a flair for the dramatic and dreams of changing the world.

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    2 months ago

    gives an escape to readers to fantasize about themselves as the hero?

    Your “escapist” fantasy is to be rich, dress up in tacticool BDSM-gear and be allowed to beat up working class people?

    Yes, comic books are propaganda, and the super-creep variety has always had the smell of Objectivism to it.

    It’s certainly worked on you.