Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161023154654/@comment-24267097-20161024014820

Nikoli the rebel wrote: I REALLY like Dr. Watts. A true Capitalist, he judges people based on their sucess and their failures and to him Cinder wasn't worth an ounce of respect until Salem convinced him she suceeded. If he subscribes to anything from austrian economics then he doesn't believe in groups and therefore refuses to judge groups of people which don't exist. He judges individuals, not factions like Cinder's faction because he didn't blame her percieved failure on Emerald or Mercury.

If indeed his beef with Emerald and Mercury is on an ideological level then he will no doubt be a solo antagonist, seeing allies as less useful than the power of individualism (which is good because the bench is getting pretty full).

Austiran Economics is deep, dense, and complex so I won't go into it any further but I am really excited for this character. Oh come on, why does everyone equate capitalism with evil. also capitalism has zero qualms with recognising the utility of groups and factions unless ther is some quirk of Austrian Economics that I do no know about.

This isn't to bash Dr. Watts, I like how his character is portrayed. I feel like If cinder wan't so screwed up right now the two of them would get along easily.