How systems create villains
Writing villains who believe they're right
The cruelest villains are ordinary people, their thoughts and actions shaped by systems. They haven't chosen violence. They've simply become what is demanded.
There are many systems that govern our lives. Sometimes, we operate against them, fighting to break their frameworks. Often we operate within them, and inevitably forget we are even participating, taking each step without thought of the skeleton that keeps us from collapse.
Words like systems and frameworks give an
