In the new series Daredevil the main enemy of Matt Murdock (Daredevil), Wilson Fisk, has been corrupted by a horrible incident as a child, but uses his resources to manipulate and change the city so that it can be seen as perfect. The only problem is that Wilson Fisk is trying to change the city to what he sees fit and doing it by criminal acts. To have such a high income, he does business with Russians that sell drugs, and a Chinese women who creates drugs by intentionally blinding her workers. In his Fisk's eyes he needs to change Hell's Kitchen by buying lots of real estate to rebuild the city. In order to do so he buys out many families, but a few feel the desire to stay where they are. When he faces this problem he either uses a series of lawsuits to remove the people or scares them by somehow hurting or killing them. Wilson Fisk as become monstrous not only because of a traumatic experience as a kid but by the capital that he has maintained to continue all of his monstrous acts. If it was not for the Fisk's capital he would have a hard time hiring people to do his illegal acts and ultimately without money there would be no monster in the character of Wilson Fisk.
Great pick on an example where greed turns one into a monster. Your analysis on Wilson Fisk compares to Linebaugh and Rediker’s “The Many Headed-Hydra,” on the corrupt nature of expropriation. His methods of taking over property and rebuilding for a “better place” hurt others, especially the poor who had no defenses to protect them. He also set limits to the area he influences, only concerned with Hell’s Kitchen, showing a form of enclosure that came about with expropriation. He further relates the events of the 1500 and 1600s, by utilizing violence to obtain his political power over others. His actions of hurting and killing people are instances where he can rule over others and gain political power; very similar to the story of the Sea-Venture, where the upper class used harsh punishment to gain power over the people. Wilson Fisk may also represents the bourgeoisie class from “The Communist Manifesto.” Marx and Engles’s depict the rise and fall of the bourgeoisie class due to their own actions. They sparked the creations and uniformity of the proletariat class, represented by the superhero Daredevil in the show. The proletarians conflicted with the bourgeoisie and challenge them in class struggle. Similar to the show, Daredevil was formed as a result of Fisk’s actions and threatens Fisk’s political control over Hell’s Kitchen.
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