 Over the course of several years , Grant 's political opinions shifted from libertarian socialism to free market based philosophies . Grant later speculated that this transformation would be detectable within stories he 'd written . By 1997 , Grant 's philosophy settled on Neo @-@ Tech , which was developed by Frank R. Wallace , and when given the opportunity to write an Anarky miniseries , he decided to redesign the character accordingly . Grant laid out his reasoning in an interview just before the first issue 's publication . " I felt he was the perfect character " to express Neo @-@ Tech philosophy , Grant explained , " because he 's human , he has no special powers , the only power he 's got is the power of his own rational consciousness " . This new characterization was continued in the 1999 Anarky ongoing series . 
