the superman complex

It should be stated beyond the shadow of a doubt that wikipedia holds the answer to all of mankind's superficial questions and if wiki says it it must be true.

anyway, the superman complex is something defined by wikipedia as:

an unhealthy sense of responsibility, or the belief that everyone else lacks the capacity to successfully perform any task. Such a person may feel a constant need to "save" others.


right. so where do i fit within this definition then? im sitting in a nice ikea chair surrounded by imported electronics while the suburban family residence is undergoing a 5 figure renovation where most of the manual labour is done by foreigners in a sweltering 30 degree heat... its nothing to complaint about, nothing to pick apart and micro analyse every miniscule fragment with a hypochondriac's sense of anticipation that the reason why this whole scenario is not quite dandy will be revealed. why do i feel like somethings not right then?

Gaza...pollution...homelessness and poverty...genocide...corruption...famine...sin and sleaze...inequality...impending apocalypse

if i were superman id take care of all that. except for the apocalypse thing: thats pretty much out of superman's league. but my arse is safely parked in this chair and its hard to imagine being out 'there' fixing up some asswipe megalomaniac politician's ego trip boo-boo or ending conflicts too saturated in historical grudges and caked blood of the slaughtered or fixing up our environment: i would blow away smog into space with my mighty breath, patch up the ozone layer with eye laser, beat the shit out of illegal loggers, industrial pollutants and the whole lot of them.

its all naive and highly unrealistic but if i were superman id give it a go. if only. fear is my kryptonite and apathy is my restraint.

we're all fucked anyway so sit back and enjoy the ride.