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DOCTOR DOOM

If countries were people, they’d all basically be jerks, right? Even the most progressive, tourist-friendly paradise basically exists to serve its own interests and look out for number one. If the actions of Country Number One have consequences that don’t exactly benefit its neighbors, well, I’m sure that can be somehow justified in a way to make sure no one at home feels too bad, or even gives it too much thought.

Doctor Doom is a man who is basically a country. He rules the impoverished Latveria. Its interests are his and vice versa. No matter how black his intentions may seem, his actions are “for the good of the country,” which lets him off the hook morally. At least that’s how it seems to work behind his iron mask. He can launch one insidious attack after another against any nation on earth and remain smug in the ethical safe-zone of Latverian exceptionalism.

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