Do you want to let us uninitiated know what he was right about?
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Im familiar with the X-men and I know who Magneto is, I just thought you were referring to something specific.
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There’s definitely an argument to be made that the mutants should have the right to live their lives. I guess it depends on how much you think “violence” and “by any means necessary” are justified.
To bring a real world example into the conversation, the Palestinians decided that violence was necessary. Some condemn them for it, some ask “what other choice did they have?”
Obviously, the sympathizers will see you as the hero, and the opponents will see you as the villain. Is it better to go onto hiding like Prof. X and his crew or to stand up and fight like Magneto and his? And how much and what kind of collateral damage is acceptable? It’s a war that has been fought for ages in many different places - the battle between the oppressors and the oppressed.
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I just binged X Men 97 yesterday and today without knowing too much and was really shocked. Ep5 was definitely huge.
I tend to agree, with his point that humanity will conduct and be passive as it does horrible things as a down whole.
But also a single individual as the vice president proves have the power to make change to corrupt systems.
Def shower thought!
wasnt magneto and professor x always supposed to channel malcolm x and martin luther king jr so that their methods balanced each other
thats why i always sympathised with magneto not with everything he did but with his general ideas
He was a relatable character, in what he wanted, but he forced the Mutant gene on that dude, then that guy died. I just remember he wanted to rinse/repeat that on the whole city (not knowing everyone would die). I think it’s an oversimplification to say he’s right, but he’s definitely relatable, which makes him a terrific villain.
