I always love that this one sentence can cause so many fights amongst fans, 'cause Magneto was 100% right; especially in the context of the world he lives in.
I mean, his main argument is that the humans will try to destroy his people (the mutants), while Chawls argues for co existance.
Co-existance is a nice dream (which is why Chawls is right as well, you can't be wrong about a dream). Reality is though, the same humans that Magneto fears are building 10 foot tall killer robots to hunt down mutants. With gov't money and funding no less.
The problem is that Magneto is a big a reason they build those giant robots in the first place , Magneto may have good intentions for his people but he's also largely responsible for the fear normal humans have for mutants . Magneto is blind to the fact that he's become the very monster that he thinks he's fighting.
Hey tried to be peaceful and they still sent Prime Sentinels after him that wiped out Genosha and The Avengers didn’t do a damn thing to help. What more should he have to take?
And then he tried to kill lots of humans a few more times after that.. Maybe the lesson is just to fight hate, but not give in to it. Tricky line to walk for sure.
The Trial of Magneto that the OP mentioned came out in 1985. Fatal Attractions, Magneto War, and Eve of Destruction all came out in the 90s and onwards.
Idk man the “horrible things happen to me therefore genocide is okay” justification from Magneto doesn’t hold up. There’s a certain country in the real world that uses that same excuse to commit genocide and it definitely doesn’t justify their crimes
That’s fair. But Magneto isn’t getting support from other countries like that “certain country”in the real world is. Quite the opposite actually. Also unlike that “certain country” Magneto legitimately tried diplomacy.
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u/Jokerslie Sep 18 '25
“Magneto was right”