A Consideration on Themes of the Dynamics of Power and Ownership of Power Implicit in the Film Iron Man

Did you see that movie, Iron Man? How powerful was that guy? Pretty powerful! Except, none of it was him, right? It was all in that suit. So really: how powerful was he?

Pretty powerful.

There's a lesson in that, and it's this: when you've got a suit like that, or really, any other piece of high-power ordnance, it isn't the other guy who calls the shots. It's you who.

("calls the shots" is understood)