If real people got powers, do you think they would all become corrupt, evil psychopaths?

  • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk
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    14 hours ago

    The only thing stopping Homelander from going on a rampage, killing tens of thousands of people and seizing control of the world is that he cares what people think about him. He wants to be loved, not feared.

    He kills innocent people but he does it discreetly or when it looks like he can justify his actions.

    But can you imagine an absolute piece of shit like Stephen Miller getting super powers? He’d be far, far worse.

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      5 hours ago

      This is one of the only issues I have with the show… Homelander’s leash appears to be super hamfisted in, or in general it makes little sense why corporate has so much control with so little relative power. Lots of people in that world have powers, and it would be total anarchic chaos in reality.