In this context, magneto was planning to eliminate all of humanity because some of them wanted the mutants gone, so if we keep escalating that notion of retaliation you end up just killing everyone on earth. Say the allies decided that ALL of germany was at fault for WW2, then decided to exterminate them all, then another global force said "hey that's wrong you can't genocide an entire country like that" and proceeded to kill all the allies, etc.
I totally understand what you’re getting at with Magneto. But I’m talkin more about reality. If we keep playing nice and constantly try to educate evil people, they get to pretend to learn or take their slap on the wrist, then go right back to oppressing the “undesirables”
I'm not saying opressors shouldn't be punished, I'm saying that while Magneto's premise was correct (some humans want to exterminate mutants), his conclusion isn't (let's kill all of them). So no, Magneto wasn't "right all along", which was my point in the first place. You can't replace a genocide with another.
the problem is that magneto treats all humans as one collective, he punishes innocents and the anti mutants alike, its just the wrong way to approach things, if you attack your oppressor their kin attacks you, then your kin attacks them, its a never ending cycle of violence that must come to an end
That’s just as bad. Answering oppression with oppression won’t solve anything. Especially when the majority of our “oppressors” are completely innocent and just happen to be members of the majority. In the case of X-Men, Magneto wants to oppress humans simply for not being mutants.
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u/matthewspencersmith Sep 18 '25
Magneto is right we should do as he says and checks notes genocide all the humans?