Barbarius reviewed The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers by Kieron Gillen (The Power Fantasy, #1)
It’s 1999. Six indescribably powerful people each have the destructive capability of America’s nuclear arsenal.
…If mutually assured destruction were people
4 stars
I had no idea what this was about when I started reading this, but I really enjoyed it.
It's probably easiest to consider the idea of mutually assured destruction: the idea that because a bunch of countries have nukes and could destroy each other, so therefore no one uses nukes. This only exists however due to a delicate balance that needs to be maintained constantly. Now imagine that that destructive power resides in people. People, with all their emotions, flaws, ego, and issues... And still that delicate balance needs to be maintained... along with all their emotions, flaws, ego, and issues...
So then, who gets to make the rules and maintain the balance?
I had no idea what this was about when I started reading this, but I really enjoyed it.
It's probably easiest to consider the idea of mutually assured destruction: the idea that because a bunch of countries have nukes and could destroy each other, so therefore no one uses nukes. This only exists however due to a delicate balance that needs to be maintained constantly. Now imagine that that destructive power resides in people. People, with all their emotions, flaws, ego, and issues... And still that delicate balance needs to be maintained... along with all their emotions, flaws, ego, and issues...
So then, who gets to make the rules and maintain the balance?
