- Sep 22, 2013
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Sometimes it feels like modern urbanization/capitalism requires a good jolt of psychiatry and imagination, which is why I find great comfort in comic book stories, which celebrate/elevate 'survivalism folklore.'
After all, isn't civilization-oration like a 'campfire'?
What would our traffic-shrewd U.S. President Donald Trump make of this 'urban-psychiatry' vignette inspired by Batman (DC Comics) thematics?
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A crime-syndicate boss in Gotham City named Sionis donned an eerie visage and called himself Black Mask and was a representative of urban morass. When Sionis (aka, 'Black Mask') was arrested and incarcerated in Arkham Asylum, the center for the treatment/incarceration of the criminally-insane in Gotham, he was interviewed by a prominent psychiatrist named Dr. Thomas Loyola who surprisingly discovered that there was as much to learn about criminal psychology regarding Black Mask as what Black Mask had to illuminate about urban psychology itself. Here is a transcript of that conversation.
BLACK MASK (Sionis): Why do you think I'm an Arkham 'inmate,' Loyola?
DR. LOYOLA (Arkham psychiatrist): You're a 'diplomat' of criminality, Sionis!
BLACK MASK: I need help just like the other Arkham inmates.
LOYOLA: Yes, but you are unique in your perspective on malice/mischief.
BLACK MASK: Why do you believe I'm criminally-insane, doc?
LOYOLA: The city is a place of congestion, and pirates like you are daredevils.
BLACK MASK: Daredevils simply capitalize on basic human superstitions.
LOYOLA: The urban landscape does not 'benefit' from speculators/pirates.
BLACK MASK: Is it so crazy to experiment with capitalism/traffic?
LOYOLA: The availability of complication does not justify indulgences.
BLACK MASK: Isn't America (a land of capital) an indulgence itself?
LOYOLA: Wall Street, Burger King, Facebook, and Disneyland are not indulgences.
BLACK MASK: We make these 'towers' of voyeurism based on consumerism, doc!
LOYOLA: To overcome the urge to indulge in 'traffic dogmas' requires humility.
BLACK MASK: Why then do capitalism-sharks (legalized) exploit politics?
LOYOLA: The reality of legal loopholes and bureaucracy is a sign of struggle.
BLACK MASK: Are you suggesting I'm insane because I want to avoid struggle?
LOYOLA: No one wants to 'confront' struggle/suffering, but piracy is criminal.
BLACK MASK: Perhaps urbanization 'creates' criminality...
LOYOLA: You'll become a 'celebrity' in the underworld, not civilization!
BLACK MASK: It's perfectly natural to conceive of capitalism as a 'toy.'
LOYOLA: We don't want youngsters to think that consumerism is a 'toy.'
BLACK MASK: I don't understand why we deify Barbie while commercializing Jesus.
LOYOLA: The Bible says that the AntiChrist confuses our sense of civics.
BLACK MASK: How should a criminally-insane person (like me) confront dogma?
LOYOLA: You need to separate superstition from grievance.
BLACK MASK: Perhaps you can show me the 'illumination' of bureaucracy.
LOYOLA: Sionis, it's all in the details; focus on the positive --- e.g., Gotham Mall.
BLACK MASK: I'll work on finding ways to 'embrace' urban vending...
LOYOLA: I have confidence that you'll learn how to 'submit' to normal networking.
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After all, isn't civilization-oration like a 'campfire'?
What would our traffic-shrewd U.S. President Donald Trump make of this 'urban-psychiatry' vignette inspired by Batman (DC Comics) thematics?
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A crime-syndicate boss in Gotham City named Sionis donned an eerie visage and called himself Black Mask and was a representative of urban morass. When Sionis (aka, 'Black Mask') was arrested and incarcerated in Arkham Asylum, the center for the treatment/incarceration of the criminally-insane in Gotham, he was interviewed by a prominent psychiatrist named Dr. Thomas Loyola who surprisingly discovered that there was as much to learn about criminal psychology regarding Black Mask as what Black Mask had to illuminate about urban psychology itself. Here is a transcript of that conversation.
BLACK MASK (Sionis): Why do you think I'm an Arkham 'inmate,' Loyola?
DR. LOYOLA (Arkham psychiatrist): You're a 'diplomat' of criminality, Sionis!
BLACK MASK: I need help just like the other Arkham inmates.
LOYOLA: Yes, but you are unique in your perspective on malice/mischief.
BLACK MASK: Why do you believe I'm criminally-insane, doc?
LOYOLA: The city is a place of congestion, and pirates like you are daredevils.
BLACK MASK: Daredevils simply capitalize on basic human superstitions.
LOYOLA: The urban landscape does not 'benefit' from speculators/pirates.
BLACK MASK: Is it so crazy to experiment with capitalism/traffic?
LOYOLA: The availability of complication does not justify indulgences.
BLACK MASK: Isn't America (a land of capital) an indulgence itself?
LOYOLA: Wall Street, Burger King, Facebook, and Disneyland are not indulgences.
BLACK MASK: We make these 'towers' of voyeurism based on consumerism, doc!
LOYOLA: To overcome the urge to indulge in 'traffic dogmas' requires humility.
BLACK MASK: Why then do capitalism-sharks (legalized) exploit politics?
LOYOLA: The reality of legal loopholes and bureaucracy is a sign of struggle.
BLACK MASK: Are you suggesting I'm insane because I want to avoid struggle?
LOYOLA: No one wants to 'confront' struggle/suffering, but piracy is criminal.
BLACK MASK: Perhaps urbanization 'creates' criminality...
LOYOLA: You'll become a 'celebrity' in the underworld, not civilization!
BLACK MASK: It's perfectly natural to conceive of capitalism as a 'toy.'
LOYOLA: We don't want youngsters to think that consumerism is a 'toy.'
BLACK MASK: I don't understand why we deify Barbie while commercializing Jesus.
LOYOLA: The Bible says that the AntiChrist confuses our sense of civics.
BLACK MASK: How should a criminally-insane person (like me) confront dogma?
LOYOLA: You need to separate superstition from grievance.
BLACK MASK: Perhaps you can show me the 'illumination' of bureaucracy.
LOYOLA: Sionis, it's all in the details; focus on the positive --- e.g., Gotham Mall.
BLACK MASK: I'll work on finding ways to 'embrace' urban vending...
LOYOLA: I have confidence that you'll learn how to 'submit' to normal networking.
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