""There are SUPERHEROES on the STREETS!" The homeless" Topic
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25 Feb 2021 1:00 a.m. PST
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| Tango01 | 24 Feb 2021 10:38 p.m. PST |
…superhuman crisis of the 70s "In the 1970s, with supernatural crises winding down and public perception of superhumans turning sour after falling out with the Civil Rights Movement, people began questioning whether we needed national superhero teams at all. The US and USSR decided to pursue a policy of detente, which included scaling back their super teams and keeping them away from the world stage. For years, they had served as the supernatural defense for their respective nations, and thanks to government backing, did not have the need for any normal occupation…"
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 20thmaine  | 25 Feb 2021 4:26 a.m. PST |
Not sure I buy this idea – there can't be that many superpowers that couldn't be monetised. Mostly in construction – think what Magneto (I know he's a villain) could charge on large scale construction of bridges or steel and glass office blocks. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 25 Feb 2021 11:25 a.m. PST |
Supervillains will always be willing, at a minimum, to engage in extortion to get money, so there will always be work for superheroes. |
| Tango01 | 25 Feb 2021 12:48 p.m. PST |
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| emckinney | 27 Feb 2021 9:16 a.m. PST |
20thmaine: read the link! |
| 20thmaine | 02 Mar 2021 6:56 a.m. PST |
I did. So Nixon made it illegal to use powers for profit – and this led to homeless washed up supeheroes? I still don't buy it. Plenty of people would pay for these services, and a lot of the heroes would have just found themselves in some sort of "ask no questions, cash in hand payment" economy. |
 etotheipi  | 22 Jun 2021 8:37 p.m. PST |
What prevents someone with superpowers from selling cars or real estate? Get a job! |
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shows how his higher-level Synths turned out.
