Superheroes are not only needed and loved because they sublimate archetypal superior being, but because they extract Common Enemy idol.
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Replying to @SiddhiGal
Normally lacking the Common Enemy idol, people fetishize their own devil-gods out of other people.
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Replying to @SiddhiGal
@SiddhiGal I'd be more sure that I agree with this but I'm not totally sure I follow you here--would you elaborate?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SiddhiGal
@SiddhiGal Certainly; I think I follow now. Heroes are useful because you can just hate who the hero fights.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @380kmh
@SiddhiGal You still get to blame people, but you don't have to decide who, and the hero is nice enough to do all the fighting for you.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@SiddhiGal Feels kinda like a case of "no skin in the [blame] game"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@380kmh I mean "exile from heaven" makes us restless; superheroes narratives sublimate the anger in unharmful, but also uninvolved way
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