Philosophy and Elitism - Comics https://www.reddit.com/r/DemonicsGamingDomain/comments/1ijkm9t/thinking_about_a_subscription_to_dc_infinite/
So I've been learning about kite man, who is one of my new favorite characters/archetypes - the cyclic pattern of always starting over - applying new information from failures to slowly overcome obstacles not faced by normal standards and experiences - reflects one of the methods I use to learn since memory's different (and memory and understanding are completely different and misunderstood).
Read Batman (1940-) #315 on DC UNIVERSE INFINITE, the ultimate destination to read DC Comics online | Batman faces Kite-Man in a battle in t
And I happened upon a character I've literally never heard before - Animal Man.
Seems to have ties to swamp-thing, which makes sense that he's reminiscent of a druid - but in like a venom style where things aren't black and white but a spectrum of shades.
Vegan anti/hero? https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/book/animal-man-2011-1/85ebe20d-c87a-4cdc-bf15-65d1b3de400b/story-animalman-the-hunt-books
"Evolve or die" - actually an activist superhero that understands there are no heroes without a world to live in. By standards today this would be seen as "radical", when in actuality, it's being ethically consistent in ones abilities and choices that can be entirely avoided - but chosen NOT to.
About holding YOURSELF accountable in actions that lead to a global effect and collectively, instead of waiting for a point of no return.
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"The believer": Here points out he's (Animal Man) an auto-didact who's not satisfied with just doing one thing and sticking to it like everyone else.
Philosophy
Something that I find hilarious and intentionally ignorant as fuck, is that people say philosophy isn't good for anything, not for music/ movies etc.
But without philosophy, there's nothing compelling - without philosophy, there's no imagination, no philosophic archetypes like kite man/animal man/venom/magneto and many others archetypes that use philosophy to add depth.
Otherwise everything would be grey without philosophy, archetypes strictly confined to pre-determined "forms" of philosophy.
Elitism and narcissism make an intersection when someone says that "oh this belongs to author x" - philosophy is a human invention, someone doesn't have to read x amount of books or specific books to learn philosophy.
One doesn't need to have a degree - this is ultimately reminiscent of a fascist.
The first people to invent philosophy - didn't have books to create new forms of it.
Many philosophies borrow from others to create a new one.
A philosophy itself isn't inherently good/evil (minus exceptions for those literally designed as such) - but in how someone uses it.
The worst kind of malignant narcissists say, "you have to purchase x amount of something to be x".
You don't have to read books about philosophy to learn about it, you can learn from archetypes, mythology, experiential experiences or wiki.
No-one starts learning at the same periods, no-one starts on the same resource -
Saying you have to understand philosophy by solely reading specific books, is the most un-human way to approach something.
The best movies and comics use philosophy, if you say otherwise, you're not actually proving it - you're just asserting your belief, despite not actually being interested enough in philosophy to engage in a way that's not just parroting the most famous philosophers and saying it's not.
Because that would be malignant elitist narcissism that aligns with any society that hates learning and doing so in a way that's fun. "just read books and never have fun, OR learn", as having fun is paramount to learning and assuming everyone learns the same way is literally fascistic gate-keeping. Grifters say buy my book that teaches you everything while stealing a phrase from another author- despite not fighting climate change due to "aliens" - DeGrasse Tyson. Oh, so you only believe in an education for people who can buy books, and methods not possible/conducive to their learning. - Which ties into anti-AI hysteria and disinformation - TBD.
