1. As Spider-Man leaps to top of box office charts, worth remembering so popular a character was created by a true eccentric. Steve Ditko, the primary creator, shunned the spotlight (unlike credit-hog Stan Lee), living in overlapping covert worlds of fetish porn & libertarianism
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just like Ender's Game, I feel like that's a common road to libertarianism
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This is useful context for Doctor Strange too—by far the character most difficult to square with Ditko's personal beliefs.
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Perfect.
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I think we get that about the appeal of “Randianism”. Vwhat I don’t get is how that appeal can possibly move or motivate anyone over the age of 13.
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Just glad the villains embodied this tendency more than Spidey himself
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Yeah, there's am emotional resonance. But nothing about Spidey's code is Randian. This meme with the words of John Wesley seems to capture it. A sentiment Rand would spit on.pic.twitter.com/LK2of7T57P
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For a comic fan, very interesting insights/thread. Thanks. Could explain some aspects of the libertarian/ sociopathic hangover we apparently continue to accept in our midst..
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