A piece of constructive criticism:
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Wouldn’t it be more fun to have a dream that you’re running around in the X-Men world, surrounded by characters that exceed your abilities vs. being surrounded by incompetent characters who are less skillful than you?
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This illustration completely broke down your argument, though I understood why you made it.
In fantasies, and I emphasize they are fantasies, personal superiority IS more fun. That's the entire point. I get the sense that you have an entirely different reaction to fiction than most people.
People who believe in abundance will have fantasies of abundance; people who believe in scarcity will have fantasies of scarcity. The paragraph from which I quoted is simply counterproductive to your argument: you'd only understand if you're already a person who believes in abundance.
Other than that, nice post. I don't agree about the superior quality of the post, but I liked.
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