I just got another round of digitized comic books.
I quite like good comics -- I put the better comics right up there with great literature in terms of ability to evolve worldview.
But one thing stands out: oftentimes, heroes in comics will do tactically stupid things and get away with it because they're the good guys. It lets them get into trouble and have drama in the story, but the trouble almost never results in real consequences.
I think it's possible to accidentally think this way -- "Good wins, I'm on the side of good, and thus..."
It's why studying history is so valuable -- the side that wins is the side that wins. Sometimes that's the side you'd peg as good, sometimes not. Almost always, it's the side that had some mix of more advantages or made usage of them.
Be good, yes. Win, too.
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