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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Magneto was right . (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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Atleast in the x-men 97 season 1 . Idk if it fits here but i thought of it in the shower .

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you want to let us uninitiated know what he was right about?

[+] [email protected] -6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess you would have to watch atleat one thing with him to understand his views and the racism in x-men world . To sum up in a horrible way magneto is mostly an anti-hero guy who think sometimes violence is necessary to get his kind the basic of rights like to exist without being hunted .

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Im familiar with the X-men and I know who Magneto is, I just thought you were referring to something specific.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Kind of there is a mutants genocide in x-men 97 which proves him right even more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well i don't wanna spoil the show too much but when it really get into the subject you'll see how much the mutants are suffering . Also the genosha thing in ep 5 is brutal .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I just binged X Men 97 yesterday and today without knowing too much and was really shocked. Ep5 was definitely huge.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

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

[–] ghostface 1 points 7 months ago

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!

[–] RyruGrr 1 points 7 months ago

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.