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A Moment with Andrea: Magneto Philosophy
12 years ago
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Today (like many days) I was working and had a lot of time to think.
And I was thinking about Magneto and his whole policy on mankind. First of all he is a holocaust survivor. Meaning he was deemed a lower species by Nazi's and that his "inferior" kind should either serve or die. And I will admit that can shape and scar a person however after further thinking I came to a suprising conclusion.
When Magneto had grown up and developed his power to control magnets he ultimately beleive that there would be a second coming of his worst fears. People persecuting mutants and in fear capturing, killing or enslaving them. This is sort of to be expected from someone from such a tramatic past. So he breaks off of Prof.X's theory of co existence and peace thinking it nieve and starts up the brotherhood. And in many of Magneto's speaches he says that he is part of "Homosuperior" a mutant, with abilitys making them better than the normal people. He invites everyone who is a mutant to join him and then states that normal humans are the real evil. Yet he trys to either overthrow the world powers, or wages war upon them when given the justification. He regards normal people has weak and inferior and treats them as such and only acknowledges mutants.
So what I have seen is that he has become what he feared so much. He is biased against normal people, favors mutants and ultimately holds a policy of "stay out of my way or else: I will punish you "inferior" beings, enslave you or kill you if you fight against me."
While he did not go out seeking to kill and subjugate people he ultimately became exactly what warped is life, a Force that leaves no middle ground and oppresses and discriminates what IT decides is "inferior". I found this facinating.
"Be careful when you fight monsters lest you become one yourself."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
And I was thinking about Magneto and his whole policy on mankind. First of all he is a holocaust survivor. Meaning he was deemed a lower species by Nazi's and that his "inferior" kind should either serve or die. And I will admit that can shape and scar a person however after further thinking I came to a suprising conclusion.
When Magneto had grown up and developed his power to control magnets he ultimately beleive that there would be a second coming of his worst fears. People persecuting mutants and in fear capturing, killing or enslaving them. This is sort of to be expected from someone from such a tramatic past. So he breaks off of Prof.X's theory of co existence and peace thinking it nieve and starts up the brotherhood. And in many of Magneto's speaches he says that he is part of "Homosuperior" a mutant, with abilitys making them better than the normal people. He invites everyone who is a mutant to join him and then states that normal humans are the real evil. Yet he trys to either overthrow the world powers, or wages war upon them when given the justification. He regards normal people has weak and inferior and treats them as such and only acknowledges mutants.
So what I have seen is that he has become what he feared so much. He is biased against normal people, favors mutants and ultimately holds a policy of "stay out of my way or else: I will punish you "inferior" beings, enslave you or kill you if you fight against me."
While he did not go out seeking to kill and subjugate people he ultimately became exactly what warped is life, a Force that leaves no middle ground and oppresses and discriminates what IT decides is "inferior". I found this facinating.
"Be careful when you fight monsters lest you become one yourself."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Sarahvixen
~sarahvixen
Most often a person who acts to prepare for what they believe is inevitable will simply cause that thing to come to pass.
Domino2
~domino2
OP
True indeed. Tis even in greek storys and the plot of movies.
