@fillertrack @guerrillarain @nev Eh, Wakanda's old ways seem pretty alright. I'm not super sold on the monarchy or anything, but I'm not in favor of wanton destruction either, and T'Challa Seems to be doing well enough. :/

@Angle @guerrillarain @nev but you see how sensitive they were because of the monarchy? As soon as they had a bad actor in power shit almost got fucked and it was only because TChalla still had power and loyalty that he could stop the destruction. He's good but his position could still be abused.

@fillertrack @guerrillarain @nev Aye, fair enough. :/

@Angle @guerrillarain @nev There's a lotta places they can go and I hope they go wild with it.

@fillertrack @Angle @guerrillarain @nev This is at least… contemplated in Coates's run of the comic, which I really recommend. The king part, anyway.

@benhamill @guerrillarain @nev Hmm, gotcha. Alright, fair enough. :/

@nev @guerrillarain @benhamill I still want to see a comic go towards "Lets make some of this cool stuff /available to the general poluation/ for once. Everyone seems intent on hoarding it away and just accepting that only some people will benefit directly. :/

@Angle @guerrillarain @nev Yeah. Same. "What if this fell into the wrong hands?!?" Fucking… Look, Tony, you just solved the global energy crisis. You just made life easier for everyone on the planet. If you just gave it to people instead of using it only to power fancy robot suits for yourself and your military buddy.

@benhamill @nev @guerrillarain That actually gets back to something I've been thinking about - our ability and willingness to trust each other. And all the ways it can hold u back. :/

@benhamill @Angle @guerrillarain @nev This has bothered me for a decade. Even if the arc-reactor technology itself was too dangerous to reproduce on a mass scale (like, it could be stolen and made into weapons), Tony Stark has still basically solved the problem of reaching low Earth orbit, which in turn means uninterrupted solar power, etc.

@bstacey @benhamill @guerrillarain @nev Eh, transmission down to earth is still a problem, I think? Unless we've made significant progress on microwave power transmission or whatever when I wasn't looking. :/

@Angle @benhamill @guerrillarain @nev That side isn't a solved problem, for sure, but it's also an issue where you're not up against the rocket equation. Within the bounds of internally consistent comic-book-movie physics, it seems feasible. 😉

@nev @guerrillarain @benhamill @Angle "Tony Stark built a wireless power transmission system IN A CAVE with a BOX OF SCRAPS!"

@Angle @nev @guerrillarain Not that that excuses the authors. That's a creative choice that still reinforces the idea of a strong individual solving or problems for us with violence, but… it's super heros and that's kind of baked in.

But it's one of the ways that Erik was right: Giving vibranium weapons to people is at least very egalitarian.

@benhamill @guerrillarain @nev At least until you get to the neocolonialist empire part, yes. :P

@Angle @nev @guerrillarain Yeah. Right in some ways, wrong in others. It makes him a good villain, but still a villain.