It’s interesting indeed how one’s sees the “anti-dog-eat-dog-act” and the like all around after reading the book. Still, I think the villains (and even moreso, their ‘useful idiots’) were caricatures as well—certainly with a grain of truth, but overall pushed way beyond credibility.
I thought that the heroes were wish-fulfillment fantasy figures, but the villains were drawn from real life.
It’s interesting indeed how one’s sees the “anti-dog-eat-dog-act” and the like all around after reading the book. Still, I think the villains (and even moreso, their ‘useful idiots’) were caricatures as well—certainly with a grain of truth, but overall pushed way beyond credibility.