Superheroes usually manage to roll back the various apocalypses but rarely use their powers to build a better world. The villains are the ones constantly dreaming up big audacious schemes to transform the universe.

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REFERENCES
• Super Position by David Graeber
https://thenewinquiry.com/super-position
• The Utopia of Rules by David Graeber
https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/the-utopia-of-rules
• Alan Moore Gives Rare Interview
https://deadline.com/2020/10/alan-moore-rare-interview-watchmen-creator-the-show-superhero-movies-blighted-culture-1234594526

DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE FROM
• This Changes Everything (2015)
• The 13th (2016)
• Sir No Sir (2005)
• I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
• Eyes on the Prize (1987)
• The Vote (2020)
• Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
• Disobedience (2016)
• We Were Here (2011)
• The Corporation (2003)
• Zapatista (1999)

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CREDITS
Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh
Outro music: Rick Lopez