The superhero obsession of US culture is quite strange to me. > A seven-year-old has a clean, first-order appreciation of superheroes. They like hero comics be

The superhero obsession of US culture is quite strange to me. > A seven-year-old has a clean, first-order appreciation of superheroes. They like hero comics because the comics have heroes: bold, strong, vividly colored good guys to fight off the bad guys and make the world safe. This too is somewhat artificially created. It's not false, but... what analogy shall I use here? I guess it's like how kids, and not just kids, love sugar, and sugary-sweet food. Refined sugar is problematic as its prevalence in your diet increases; it's also somewhat of an addiction; and also, it's out of its original context in sugarcane (or honey, fruit, etc.). US superheroes are a bit like that: A particular refinement of an aspect of stories of heroism and adventure. Like refined sugar, superhero films (and to a much lesser extent comics) are actively pushed by large corporations. And while neither is a conspiracy to poison people, they both need to be well enough aligned with what corporations want to habituate people to, diet-wise and culture-wise; and that should also be kept in mind.