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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Bowman" data-source="post: 7509790" data-attributes="member: 6925649"><p>I tend to be conservative in my view point, and my villains tend to care more about power than about money. Money is only one form of power, and liberals tend to think that money is the only form of power out there, their villains tend to be rich people that want to get richer, or evil faceless corporations.</p><p></p><p>A conservative villain might be a terrorist, or a revolutionary, from this viewpoint, evil comes out of a barrel of a gun rather than from someone's wallet or bank account. Villains don't have to be rich people trying to get richer through legitimate but immoral means. </p><p></p><p>One type of villain could be a crime boss that makes a living through extortion, theft, or through the sale of illicit substances. Liberals tend to like the legitimate but immoral businessman in a suit working for and sometimes directing an evil faceless corporation.</p><p></p><p>I'll give you a comic book example, take Lex Luthor for example:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.ISuzQ7Tz0_97cPHZOrgrkgHaEH&w=274&h=160&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This Lex Luthor is a crime boss, there is nothing legitimate about his operation, his lair is underground adjacent to a subway tunnel.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.k4nK9UjghUSO5-4IYokAogHaEo&pid=Api" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is that same Lex Luthor portrayed by a different actor in Superman Returns.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.Mh1bsmuLFrMEBLqcfQjqIQHaLG&w=194&h=291&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here is Lex Luthor from Smallville, he runs a corporation called Luthorcorp when he takes over the family business from his father.</p><p>Seems like the old Mafia crime boss went out of fashion, and more popular, at least as a Hollywood trope, is the evil CEO in a business suit.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/5abbb795321674f8778b4648-960-480.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>And of course don't forget Nolan Sorrento from Ready Player One.</p><p></p><p>No one seems to like the crime bosses anymore, I wonder why?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Bowman, post: 7509790, member: 6925649"] I tend to be conservative in my view point, and my villains tend to care more about power than about money. Money is only one form of power, and liberals tend to think that money is the only form of power out there, their villains tend to be rich people that want to get richer, or evil faceless corporations. A conservative villain might be a terrorist, or a revolutionary, from this viewpoint, evil comes out of a barrel of a gun rather than from someone's wallet or bank account. Villains don't have to be rich people trying to get richer through legitimate but immoral means. One type of villain could be a crime boss that makes a living through extortion, theft, or through the sale of illicit substances. Liberals tend to like the legitimate but immoral businessman in a suit working for and sometimes directing an evil faceless corporation. I'll give you a comic book example, take Lex Luthor for example: [IMG]https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.ISuzQ7Tz0_97cPHZOrgrkgHaEH&w=274&h=160&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7[/IMG] This Lex Luthor is a crime boss, there is nothing legitimate about his operation, his lair is underground adjacent to a subway tunnel. [IMG]https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.k4nK9UjghUSO5-4IYokAogHaEo&pid=Api[/IMG] This is that same Lex Luthor portrayed by a different actor in Superman Returns. [IMG]https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.Mh1bsmuLFrMEBLqcfQjqIQHaLG&w=194&h=291&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7[/IMG] Here is Lex Luthor from Smallville, he runs a corporation called Luthorcorp when he takes over the family business from his father. Seems like the old Mafia crime boss went out of fashion, and more popular, at least as a Hollywood trope, is the evil CEO in a business suit. [IMG]https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/5abbb795321674f8778b4648-960-480.jpg[/IMG] And of course don't forget Nolan Sorrento from Ready Player One. No one seems to like the crime bosses anymore, I wonder why? [/QUOTE]
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