this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2024
1218 points (98.5% liked)
Political Memes
5529 readers
2285 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You're getting a lot of answers that are more sympathetic to Magneto than he deserves.
I'd argue that Magneto has a slightly better argument on diagnosing the problem (that humans and mutants can't peacefully coexist) than Professor X (that humans and mutants must find a way to peacefully coexist).
But the logical diagnosis of "the humans will genocide the mutants of we let them" doesn't make Magneto the good guy when he prescribes a solution for that problem. The history of the character oscillates between trying to create segregated societies where mutants are separate and not accountable to the human world, or outright subjugation or genocide of the humans.
Maybe peaceful coexistence isn't possible. But is it better to continually strive for that ideal, or is it better to reject humanity entirely and create strict segregation (or destruction) of the other side?