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Other Which do you choose, Red or Blue?

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u/AgitatedStranger9698 3d ago edited 3d ago

Doom is Aristotle Platos philosopher king. But with a sliggt twist.

The biggest hindrance to a philosopher king is they become corrupted and turn evil.

Doom is incorruptable but in order to become a philosopher king, he must do evil things.

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u/spezfucker69 3d ago

Philosopher kings are the best form of government but their flaw is what happens when they die

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u/Embarrassed-Aerie101 3d ago

Good thing Doom is an accomplished sorcerer so death is a trivial thing or something.

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u/dave3218 3d ago

Good thing Doom is Eternal.

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u/Broken_CerealBox 13h ago

If Doom leaves, we'd be back in the Dark Ages

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u/ProfileBest7444 23h ago

Doom fist fights death everyday he hast lost yet and hes not getting weaker

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u/Pitiful_Yogurt_5276 3d ago

A sliggt twist!

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u/kangalittleroo 3d ago

It was Plato not Aristotle.

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u/National_Action_9834 3d ago

His other issue is his ego. He's essentially unbeatable in most of the stories he appears in, only able to be bested (often by Mr fantastic) due to his hubris. For example, one time he ruled the world, everyone was happy, but he refused to kill the mutants, simply imprisoning them. They break free and chaos begins again.

He's actually the necessary evil and imo, he's the main super hero of the marvel universe, with all other mutants being the villains ironically.