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Metal_Mario99 posted...

Thank you, Lex Luthor.

Hey, once they stopped writing him as a generic "evil scientist" or "evil capitalist", Luthor is right more often than not in the comics (there's a reason why they eventually had him join the Justice League).

Modern Luthor's entire premise is basically that his ideology isn't necessarily wrong, but it's marred by his own selfishness and ego, and ultimately undone by his willingness to resort to non-ethical means to accomplish his goals. What he says is RIGHT - what's wrong is WHY he says it, and how he acts on it.

And realistically, the only reason Luthor comes across as being wrong at all most of the time is because we the audience implicitly know that Superman is an incredibly unrealistic ultra-noble hero god that is clearly better than humans, and thus, is not subject to the same flaws or darker nature as humans. Luthor's fears about what Superman is capable of are groundless, because Superman is basically Space Jesus (or Space Moses, if you prefer the original metaphor). But put almost any other alien in that same position (especially one that ACTS LIKE A HUMAN), and Luthor's fears become more realistic.

If anything, that's part of why so many people hated Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. Because the Superman in those movies basically validates Luthor's usual arguments. Why WOULD you ever trust that Superman?


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