Whitey Bulger: Real Life Supervillain.

 
James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger, Jr is the latest addition to my running list of actual ” real life super villains ” not to be confused with those under the same title whose “evil” is mostly serving as critics of the ” real life superhero ( RLSH ) ” concept.

This Boston crime lord not only ruled the local underworld but had area FBI agents on his payroll- among others. With $800,000 cash on hand when captured, he proved that crime pays for some people.
Activists should ask themselves if the Whitey Bulgers of the world are expending this much effort to do bad, how much are we expending to do good?
His story promises to prove once again that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. The same sense of possibility that allowed him to achieve great wrong can be employed to do great good.
If he didn’t accept limits upon his dreams, can self-appointed do gooders try less?
We should study figures like these because their reigns of terror show how much more complex the world is beyond ” cops and robbers ” simplicity. The scale of corruption shouldn’t be an excuse not to help out where you can.
It should simply serve as a reality check to explain why so much injustice rarely gets stopped by the powers-that-be. Instead of waiting for a perfect world, our job is to improve circumstances where we can and accept when even the best intentions fall short.
Whitey finally was caught after 16 years as a fugitive. Thankfully we can choose to spend that long or lifetimes creating legacies of inventive public service instead.  
Just some food for thought as this case promises to create a multi-media true crime industry all its own over night.
NADRA ENZI AKA CAPT BLACK promotes finding your “super” through creative crime prevention; homeless outreach and political advocacy. (504) 214-3082