#15 - God’s Socialist, pt. 5: The Wounded King
The Martyr Made Podcast
The Story of the Super Hero
In the 19 seventies, radical politics filled empty lives, providing a sense of meaning and purpose. In her memoir of the wethermen, susan stern describes their attraction in language that owes more to psychiatry and medicine than to religion. When the leaders she idealized disappointed her, as they always did, she looked for new heroes to take their place. She occasionally felt strong and solid, only to find herself repelled when disenchantment set in.
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