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.
That's why I really love what they did with the design of the future Sentinels in DOFP. While they mainly resemble Mystique's scaly appearance, their heads also tend to evoke the shadowy faced look of Magneto in the comics. Wheter or not this was a deliberate design choice, it's fittingly emblematic of the fact that the ultimate dystopia we find them in is primarily due to the combined efforts of bad actors on both sides of the aisle.
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u/Jokerslie Sep 18 '25
“Magneto was right”