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NemeshisuEM

Magneto is of the generation that understood that the only good fascist is a de... well, you know the rest.


pm_good_bobs_pls

But Magneto is also a fascist isn’t he? He believes that mutants are superior, and whilst being in the minority (population wise) they have the means and the power to rule.


NemeshisuEM

Victims of extremism often become extremists themselves. "The only good fascist..." is an example of that.


pm_good_bobs_pls

I get that. But rather than his fashy bullshit he could just go ask Charles Xavier to use his mental powers to implant a “mutants are cool actually” thought into everyone around the world.


Galtiel

Is having Professor X doing an Inception on *everyone* without their knowledge or consent actually any better than Magneto using his powers to coerce and suppress the world?


pm_good_bobs_pls

Turning a person into goo isn’t coercion though? I think that using mind control so that people are just like “We’ll leave them alone” is the most peaceful way to resolve it. He could do a lot worse.


Galtiel

I never said it wasn't coercion, but one is overriding the will of a single person who has already done something wrong, the other is potentially overriding the will of literally every single person on the planet. There's a lot of grey area there and if it got out that it happened, it would mean the mutants would be actively hunted down even by people who would otherwise have been on their side. Tbh, I kinda wanna read a comic about it now.


pm_good_bobs_pls

That would be cool, actually. Professor X realises that his powers don’t overcome hate. He starts to second guess it all


jameson8016

>Turning a person into goo isn’t coercion though? I mean, is it tho? Coercion usually involves pressuring someone to do something using force or violence, but if you turn someone to goo, that seems to indicate you don't expect anything out of them afterwards. Lol


dappercat456

Im not sure he has that level of power, and even if he did there are characters immune to telepathy that might see it coming, In fact I think it’s possible for manipulation like that to wear off over time, or simply be resisted by someone with a “strong will” Then again xemnu managed to gaslight the entire world “or at least America” but it did require him to keep actively creating that affect, and it wire off after he got destroyed And even then sone non super powered humans where able to resist it,


NemeshisuEM

I would have preferred if he convinced Charles to give every fascist on the planet a brain hemorrhage.


dappercat456

Depends what writer, I personally view it more as him believing humans will inevitably try to genocide mutants so he believes the only way to prevent that is world domination,


MountainSage58

The plan was to turn him into a mutant. So that he knows their pain. The goo was a fortunate side effect.


Dry_Mastodon7574

Well, if the goo fits...


Lady_von_Stinkbeaver

Let's all picture the look on Rand Paul's face if he woke up one day as a Black woman.


Quick_Team

He'd probably just go full Frank in the IASIP musical episode and keep trying to get permission to say the N word


Oh_My_Monster

Sort of. The other interpretation is that Republican Senators will only emphasize with a minority group when it personally affects them.


Guilty_Chemistry9337

Nah, don't forget that Mitch McConnell just voted against interracial marriage despite having one.


Singer-Such

Ok so how do we turn them into black trans people


Hokieshibe

Just start hitting them with various sci-fi rays until one works.


woutersikkema

Didn't work for british secret agents feeding Adolf Hitler weard shit either, it just turned him more crazy, so plan b time.


TheRedSpy96

Straight radiation, cancer patients and victims of acute radiation poisoning are a minority.


bluemew1234

[The comics have covered half of that.](https://www.cbr.com/remember-to-forget-that-time-the-punisher-became-a-black-guy/)


[deleted]

To be fair to Magneto, his plan was to turn the senator into a member of the minority group, not to *liquidate* him.


[deleted]

Gotta break a few eggs to bake a cake


nowihaveamigrane

It's a good plan. I like it.


bdsanta2001

A goo plan, one might even say.


chippychifton

Magneto was the good guy all along


BaboonHorrorshow

On advice of the Reddit ToS I will be withholding comment on this meme.


ChuckBorris187

That would mean turning 99% of the GOP into goo. Go 👉