Not everything that takes place in an author's fiction is indicative of something they support.
This, however, is a recurring theme in Eliezer's work. I don't think I fully grok the motivations (though I could hazard a guess or two), but it's definitely not just HJPEV's supervillain fetish talking.
Agreed, it's also Eliezer's super-villain fetish thing.
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