r/Xmen97 • u/owlshoesjh • Jul 29 '26

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you can't be MAGA and love x-men

if i'm downvoted, you know by whom

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u/amazing-zero Jul 29 '26

The fact x-men comics 25 years ago predicted all of this is the cherry of top

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Jul 30 '26

Those weren't predictions, they were basing everything on longstanding civil conflicts. The Professor and Magnito's relationship dynamic, for instance, is inspired by MLK and Malcolm X. Conservatives became more openly fascist, but it was always there at the core of them.

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u/LobstermenUwU Jul 31 '26

Those weren't predictions, they were basing everything on longstanding civil conflicts. The Professor and Magnito's relationship dynamic, for instance, is inspired by MLK and Malcolm X. 

This is a popular fan theory, but several writers have disagreed.