It sort of takes away the Malcolm X allegory if you just make him Malcolm X.
The only comparison between Magneto and Malcolm X is the whole militant, nationalist aspect. The main difference that a lot of people don't note is that Magneto preaches and practices violence, whereas Malcolm preached self-defense. This faulty comparison has led a lot of people to oversimplify and misconstrue what Malcolm was all about to just "he was the Black Magneto: he was violent like Magneto, and MLK was peaceful like Xavier."
I feel like if Magneto was made Black instead of Jewish it would have a stronger message among Americans. For example, instead of his family being killed in the Holocaust, they were lynched or killed by the KKK. He could even equate the plight of mutants to that of Black people. There's a lot you could do if Magneto was Black.
Justice League - Injustice League led by Lex Luthor
Wonder Woman - Either Ares or The Cheetah (those are her two most well known villains, and not a lot of people are familiar with WW's backstory so this is who you want to start out with)
Just because Frank kills people, that doesn't make him any different from any other hero. They're all vigilantes who take the law into their own hands and go around beating people up.
I don't understand how heroes in the Marvel universe can criticize the Punisher for being a violent vigilante, when they themselves work outside of the law. When they use their gifts to go around beating up criminals.
If they were the goody-goods that they claim to be then they would just let the police do their job. Just because the Punisher kills criminals, and, say, Spider-Man doesn't, that doesn't mean there is any real difference between the Punisher or any other superhero.
Capitalism is based in exploitation and greed. It teaches us from birth that we have to stab each other in the back and destroy each other in order to get ahead. We are told what to think and how to feel. I do not feel that this is a rational system, nor do I think that this is the furthest humanity can go. Communism fails because it is authoritarian, and socialism fails because it keeps people dependent on the state without challenging the elite.
Is there a rational alternative to such an evil system that will benefit everyone?
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