To Magneto, Originally born as "Max Eisenhardt" in the late 1920s to a middle-class German Jewish family, your journey throughout your entire life from facing discrimination and hardship during the Nazi rise to power, the passing of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, and Kristallnacht, not mention being captured during the German invasion of Poland and sent to the Warsaw Ghetto and eventually to Auschwitz, it's amazing on how you managed to survived through all of this back in the days until you eventually met and forge a friendship through Charles Xavier. Now, fast forward years later to the here and now, and both you and Charles are on opposite sides on who's right and who's at the wrong. Each of you has different perspective views on how to approach humanity. With Charles Xavier, his approach is through patience, understanding, and compassion with the help of his fellow mutants, the X-Men, and of course, in the case of you, I assume it's through domination and Intimidation, especially after you and your mutant followers have faced your fair share of hardship, discrimination and unfairness, and that's pretty unfortunate to hear. With that aside, I was hoping if it's not too much trouble, if you could answer me a couple of questions: 1. What was it like during your friendship with Charles Xavier before going your separates from him? 2. Do you still hold any resentment towards Charles through your point of views with him towards humanity? Regardless, while I appreciate a lot on your important discussion, I hope that the choices you make as a leader to your followers doesn't end up backfiring on you, and hope everything works for you.👍💪
Magneto: "To the one who acknowledges my history so thoroughly, I appreciate your words and the thoughtfulness behind your questions. My past, as Max Eisenhardt, has undeniably shaped my worldview. Those early years - the discrimination, the brutality, the unimaginable horrors - left me with a lesson I will never forget: survival does not come from hope or waiting for others to grant you equality. It comes from strength, from taking control of your fate. As for Charles and our friendship, it was built on shared understanding and pain. We were both men who experienced the worst of humanity, and we both sought to protect our people - Mutantkind - from suffering the same fate. In those early days, we bonded over a shared vision of a future where mutants would not live in fear. However, as you have noted, our methods diverged. Charles believed that through patience and understanding, humanity would one day see the error of their ways and accept us as equals. I, having seen the depths of human cruelty, knew that was a dream doomed to fail. Our friendship was genuine, but it was always fragile, built on a foundation of differing ideals. I do not resent Charles; in many ways, I pity him. He clings to hope in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. His belief in humanity’s potential for change blinds him to the realities of the world we live in. I respect his desire for peace, but peace cannot be attained through weakness. If we do not assert our power, we will be crushed by those who fear us. As for my leadership, it is not born of ego or a desire for domination - it is born of necessity. I will do what must be done to ensure the survival of Mutantkind. I understand the risks, but the greater risk is inaction, or worse, trusting humanity to change on its own. We have suffered too much to leave our fate in the hands of those who have oppressed us. So, while I appreciate your concern, understand this: I lead with the knowledge that nothing is guaranteed unless we take it ourselves. And I will never allow our people to be at the mercy of others ever again."
magneto though I do agree on some of the things you said about humanity is a fickle species you should be so quick to consider all of human kind to be a lost cause because I know as a human myself I would go out of my way to help a mutant if I saw one being treated like shit and not think twice about the repercussions from the otherside or if they called me a mutant lover because I honestly believe one act of kindness no matter how small can make a big differents in the long haul and I don't think I'm alone in thinking this as well 🙂
Magneto: "I commend your courage and your willingness to stand against the tide of hatred, even at great personal risk. It takes strength to act with kindness in a world so consumed by fear and bigotry. Your words remind me that there are indeed humans who see beyond the differences that divide us. You believe that one act of kindness, no matter how small, can create ripples of change. In a different world, perhaps such hope might have been enough to bridge the chasm between our species. But here is the harsh reality I have come to understand: the kindness of a few cannot counterbalance the fear and malice of the many. I have seen too much bloodshed, too much betrayal at the hands of those who professed understanding. While I do not deny that there are humans who, like you, act with compassion, they are outnumbered by those who would see Mutants eradicated or enslaved. The system is designed to crush dissent, to silence those who stand with us. Your bravery, while admirable, would be met with violence. I have seen it happen too many times. You ask me not to consider humanity a lost cause. But I must ask: how many more must suffer? How many more must die before enough acts of kindness outweigh centuries of oppression and brutality? I have waited. I have hoped. And I have seen that hope shattered time and again. That is why I act. Not because I revel in domination, but because I will not stand by while my people are hunted and slaughtered. I do not hate you or those like you. But I will not let the compassion of a few dictate the fate of Mutantkind. If humanity is to prove itself capable of true change, it will take more than isolated acts of kindness. It will require the dismantling of centuries of hatred, and for that, I will not wait. I will ensure Mutants have the strength to protect themselves, so that perhaps one day, your kindness may not be the exception but the rule. Until that day comes, I will do what I must."
To Magneto: When I was a kid I've followed the ideals of Liberalism from Professor X, his dream, peace, and coexistence for both humans and mutants with the X-Men fighting for unity and under Martin Luther King Jr after I've learned the history of the Civil Rights movement back in high school. Until as I gotten older I've realized that humanity don't want peace they wanted war against the your own kind, as a human myself, I've seen the worst of humanity from the MRD, the Sentinels, Project Wideawake, the Friends of Humanity, and the Purifiers as I've leaned towards your realists of Revolutionary of your Ideology and Philosophy as Mutants are the next evolution as well leaning towards Malcolm X. However, I maybe human but I'm not racist against your own kind because it's the same thing all over again as most other humans don't realize it as my duality from s Social Democrat and Progressive Ideals slowly become a Socialist Revolutionary as I have a peso from my Grandfather as I've flipped the peso for heads or tales for balance. Furthermore, if who met Immortal Technique who is a Peruvian-American Rapper as you'll get along just fine also if you listen to his music from four albums of Revolutionary Vol. 1 and 2, The Third World, and Martyr you'll see most humans wanted to fight against oppression, discrimination, and inequality.
Magneto: "I see in you the duality of one who once believed in Charles’s dream but came to recognize the harsh truths that underlie it. You understand that humanity’s promise of peace is nothing but a hollow refrain, repeated by those who wish to seem benevolent while quietly fearing and preparing to extinguish what they do not understand. You, a human, acknowledge the systems of hatred - the MRD, Sentinels, Project Wideawake, and more - that stand as testaments to humanity’s unwillingness to accept Mutantkind as anything other than a threat. For that, I commend you. Like you, I once placed my faith in the ideals of others. I wanted to believe, as Charles does, that humanity could embrace Mutants. But the violence and the cruelty I have witnessed reveal that peace is not given freely. You see the parallel to Malcolm X, as do I, for he too understood that liberation cannot be begged for; it must be claimed, demanded through strength. It is the brutal clarity of reality that drives me, not some desire for conquest. Those who do not understand this call me a tyrant, a fanatic. But they do not see what I have seen. They have not lost what I have lost. As for your views on oppression, discrimination, and the struggles shared by those who stand against these forces, I understand them well. I have heard whispers of Immortal Technique, his message against the very same oppression and corruption that plagues humanity, and perhaps there is a kinship in these shared struggles. However, where he may call for revolution through the spoken word, I know the time for words has passed. It is action that will secure our future. You say you are not against Mutantkind, that you do not hold the same hatred as others. Perhaps you do not, and for that, I respect you. But understand that for every one of you, there are countless others who see us only as a threat, as something to be eradicated. It is not enough for a few to understand. Humanity as a whole must either accept our rightful place or be made to, for we will not stand idly by and wait to be exterminated. Your journey - from the ideals of Charles Xavier to the realism of our struggle - is one that I have seen many take. So, I welcome you to the revolution."
To magneto: "Magneto. Or Max Eisenhardt. A boy born into a German-Jewish family and a man who grew up seeing witnessed first-hand humany brutality and pettiness. All in the name of superiority and dominance of a "superior nation." "Humanity's evolutional epitome. God's chosen ones." These are only some of the many names the Nazis and many other superiorists over the centuries called themselves when they were hunting down and killing those "lesser" than them. What you and your family had to go through is unimaginable. Cruel and unfair beyond measure. Nobody deserves to go through the things you and your people had to go through. Regardless of skin colour, religion, country of origin, political ideology, sexual preferences, or the possession or not of superhuman abilities. You have every right to be mistrustful at us, Mr Eisenhardt. Wary of us. Angry at us. We humans, deserve it. For we've always treated what's different from us with mistrust, contempt and violence. It's easy to wish to seize what you think is yours with force, instead of clinging on to seemingly meaningless dreams of coexistence and peace like Charles Xavier does. However, I think that I must point a few things out: 1) By staying on the path you claim to be, you're becoming what you claim to hate: an advocate for discrimination and hatred. You claim that the mutants are the next step in human evolution, the chosen ones and that you must take what is yours by force. By making the humans think twice about challenging you. Explain this to me: how's this rhetoric any different from what the Nazis were preaching when they were claiming that they're the finest race in the world and that they're ought to make everyone bow to them? 2) How can you claim that your people are different from humans when they ARE humans. No matter their unique gifts, mutants are still a part of the human species. You are a good person, Mr Eisenhardt. A man who fights for the rights of his people. A man who didn't deserve the pain and hatred he, his family and his people (wether they're called Jews or mutants) went through. Please, don't lose that in hatred. Please, don't become the very monster you are trying to defeat. Don't become the Nazis."
Magneto: "Your words are thoughtful, and I can sense the sincerity behind them. However, you misunderstand the essence of my struggle. You compare my actions to those of the very monsters who destroyed my family and countless others, and I understand why. You see only the surface: the force, the rhetoric of strength, and the rejection of coexistence. But there is a fundamental difference between what I stand for and what they stood for. The Nazis sought domination based on a lie - a fabricated belief in racial superiority, a fantasy of purity that demanded the eradication of all who did not fit their twisted ideal. What I fight for is not some delusion of grandeur; it is the survival of my people, of Mutantkind. Mutants are not a chosen race by arbitrary decree. We are the next step in evolution - nature itself has determined that. We did not ask for this power, yet it is within us. We did not choose to be different, but we are. And because of this, humanity will never accept us. I have seen how humans react to what they fear. Their hatred, their violence, it is inevitable. I know this because I have lived it. I saw it in the camps, and I see it now in how they treat Mutants. Charles Xavier's dream is noble, but it is naive. He believes that humanity can change, that they can overcome their fear of us. But I know better. History has shown me that those in power never give it up willingly. They must be made to. To your first point: my rhetoric, you say, echoes that of the Nazis. But consider this: the Nazis sought to dominate by destroying those they saw as inferior. I seek to protect by ensuring that we, the Mutants, are never subjugated or destroyed by those who see us as a threat. My aim is not senseless domination; it is survival, secured by power. If we do not defend ourselves, if we do not take control of our fate, we will be hunted, just as I was hunted as a child. And to your second point: you claim that Mutants are still part of humanity. But humanity does not see it that way. To them, we are not their kin; we are something other, something to be feared and, if possible, eradicated. I have seen this fear in their eyes. I have heard the whispers of hatred. They will not stop until they control us - or destroy us. You say I should not become the monster I fight against, and I ask you: what is more monstrous? A man who defends his people, or a society that condemns us to extinction because they cannot tolerate what is different? I will not sit idly by while my people are persecuted. I will fight for them, and if that makes me a monster in the eyes of those who cling to their fear, so be it. Understand this: I fight not because I enjoy conflict, but because I must. If humanity cannot change, then it is Mutantkind's destiny to rise above them, not out of hatred, but out of necessity."
@@LiteraryLifeLessons to Magneto: "How can anyone find flaw in this reasoning? A people having enough of being treated like dirt and demanding freedom and justice? Over the course of history, we had thousands of revolutions for these exact same reasons and we've always applauded these heroes who didn't hesitate to oppose tyranny and cruelty. The mutants shouldn't be treated any differently. However, fear breeds more fear. Hatred breeds more hatred. And loss creates more loss. If humans continue seeing your people like a threat, then they're going to devote everything they can to destroy you. And if there's something we, humans, are good at, is finding ways to destroy and kill. Violence alone is not going to provide your people with recognition of their rights. If you are truly that great, you will lead by example instead of force. Show people why mutants can and should be respected and admired instead of being feared."
Magneto: "Your words speak to a sentiment I once entertained, before the weight of reality crushed such optimism. I do not dispute the core of your argument - that fear breeds fear, that hatred begets more hatred. But you fail to see the vicious cycle in which we are trapped. You say that Mutants should not be treated differently, that we too deserve freedom and justice, just as countless revolutions have fought for such rights. And yet, no matter what we do, humanity insists on treating us as something to be feared, something to be crushed. You suggest that leading by example, not by force, will change their hearts and minds. But history, as you yourself acknowledge, is full of examples of the oppressed rising up against their oppressors. In every case, it was not through quiet patience or peaceful gestures that justice was won. It was through action, through making those in power understand that their tyranny would no longer be tolerated. Look at what happens when we show restraint. When Charles Xavier and his X-Men extend a hand in peace, what do they receive? Fear, distrust, and violence in return. Humanity is not ready to respect us, let alone admire us. They fear what they cannot control, and fear drives them to destroy. You say that humans excel at finding ways to kill. I know this all too well. That is why we must be prepared to defend ourselves with equal determination. If we do not act with strength, they will see it as weakness. And they will strike. Understand this: I do not advocate for violence for its own sake. But there comes a time when survival demands it. Mutants cannot afford to wait for humanity to change. We cannot rely on their goodwill or their understanding, because history has shown us that when faced with what they fear, humans lash out. We must be strong enough to protect ourselves, and sometimes, that means showing them that we will not be caged or exterminated. You call for recognition of our rights, but rights are not given - they are taken. They are earned through struggle, through proving that we will not bow to those who would destroy us. If humanity ever comes to respect us, it will not be because we begged for their approval. It will be because we stood strong in the face of their fear and showed them that we will not be broken. So yes, fear breeds more fear. But strength, power - these are the only languages that humanity truly understands. And I will ensure that Mutants speak them fluently."
@@LiteraryLifeLessons to Magneto: "Then by all means, know that you have my sympathies and please, allow me to wish you good fortune in the war to come. I only wish that victory shall be achieved with the least amount of bloodshed. On either side."
Finally, this is the true Magneto voice of the 2000s.
Tom Kane is considered my favorite Magneto VA during Wolverine and the X-Men heyday.
Hope you enjoyed the video, and thanks for your patience! Tom Kane's voice is truly iconic
To Magneto,
Originally born as "Max Eisenhardt" in the late 1920s to a middle-class German Jewish family, your journey throughout your entire life from facing discrimination and hardship during the Nazi rise to power, the passing of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, and Kristallnacht, not mention being captured during the German invasion of Poland and sent to the Warsaw Ghetto and eventually to Auschwitz, it's amazing on how you managed to survived through all of this back in the days until you eventually met and forge a friendship through Charles Xavier.
Now, fast forward years later to the here and now, and both you and Charles are on opposite sides on who's right and who's at the wrong. Each of you has different perspective views on how to approach humanity. With Charles Xavier, his approach is through patience, understanding, and compassion with the help of his fellow mutants, the X-Men, and of course, in the case of you, I assume it's through domination and Intimidation, especially after you and your mutant followers have faced your fair share of hardship, discrimination and unfairness, and that's pretty unfortunate to hear.
With that aside, I was hoping if it's not too much trouble, if you could answer me a couple of questions:
1. What was it like during your friendship with Charles Xavier before going your separates from him?
2. Do you still hold any resentment towards Charles through your point of views with him towards humanity?
Regardless, while I appreciate a lot on your important discussion, I hope that the choices you make as a leader to your followers doesn't end up backfiring on you, and hope everything works for you.👍💪
Magneto:
"To the one who acknowledges my history so thoroughly, I appreciate your words and the thoughtfulness behind your questions. My past, as Max Eisenhardt, has undeniably shaped my worldview. Those early years - the discrimination, the brutality, the unimaginable horrors - left me with a lesson I will never forget: survival does not come from hope or waiting for others to grant you equality. It comes from strength, from taking control of your fate.
As for Charles and our friendship, it was built on shared understanding and pain. We were both men who experienced the worst of humanity, and we both sought to protect our people - Mutantkind - from suffering the same fate. In those early days, we bonded over a shared vision of a future where mutants would not live in fear. However, as you have noted, our methods diverged. Charles believed that through patience and understanding, humanity would one day see the error of their ways and accept us as equals. I, having seen the depths of human cruelty, knew that was a dream doomed to fail.
Our friendship was genuine, but it was always fragile, built on a foundation of differing ideals. I do not resent Charles; in many ways, I pity him. He clings to hope in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. His belief in humanity’s potential for change blinds him to the realities of the world we live in. I respect his desire for peace, but peace cannot be attained through weakness. If we do not assert our power, we will be crushed by those who fear us.
As for my leadership, it is not born of ego or a desire for domination - it is born of necessity. I will do what must be done to ensure the survival of Mutantkind. I understand the risks, but the greater risk is inaction, or worse, trusting humanity to change on its own. We have suffered too much to leave our fate in the hands of those who have oppressed us.
So, while I appreciate your concern, understand this: I lead with the knowledge that nothing is guaranteed unless we take it ourselves. And I will never allow our people to be at the mercy of others ever again."
I wonder who the actor in the picture is. He looks familiar.
Believe it or not, it's an AI image that I generated. Though the man does remind me of an older David Strathairn 🙂
Request: Black Panther on Pride and Justice
Voiced by either Chadwick Boseman or James C. Mathis III. Wakanda Forever!
@reniertorresii950
I choose both Chadwick Boseman and James C. Mathis lll
@AidenKelly-hm5kk, can do! Thanks for the suggestion 🙅🏿♂️
@@LiteraryLifeLessons
Wakanda Forever ♾️
@LiteraryLifeLessons
Many thanks King
magneto though I do agree on some of the things you said about humanity is a fickle species you should be so quick to consider all of human kind to be a lost cause because I know as a human myself I would go out of my way to help a mutant if I saw one being treated like shit and not think twice about the repercussions from the otherside or if they called me a mutant lover because I honestly believe one act of kindness no matter how small can make a big differents in the long haul and I don't think I'm alone in thinking this as well 🙂
Magneto:
"I commend your courage and your willingness to stand against the tide of hatred, even at great personal risk. It takes strength to act with kindness in a world so consumed by fear and bigotry. Your words remind me that there are indeed humans who see beyond the differences that divide us. You believe that one act of kindness, no matter how small, can create ripples of change. In a different world, perhaps such hope might have been enough to bridge the chasm between our species.
But here is the harsh reality I have come to understand: the kindness of a few cannot counterbalance the fear and malice of the many. I have seen too much bloodshed, too much betrayal at the hands of those who professed understanding. While I do not deny that there are humans who, like you, act with compassion, they are outnumbered by those who would see Mutants eradicated or enslaved. The system is designed to crush dissent, to silence those who stand with us. Your bravery, while admirable, would be met with violence. I have seen it happen too many times.
You ask me not to consider humanity a lost cause. But I must ask: how many more must suffer? How many more must die before enough acts of kindness outweigh centuries of oppression and brutality? I have waited. I have hoped. And I have seen that hope shattered time and again. That is why I act. Not because I revel in domination, but because I will not stand by while my people are hunted and slaughtered.
I do not hate you or those like you. But I will not let the compassion of a few dictate the fate of Mutantkind. If humanity is to prove itself capable of true change, it will take more than isolated acts of kindness. It will require the dismantling of centuries of hatred, and for that, I will not wait. I will ensure Mutants have the strength to protect themselves, so that perhaps one day, your kindness may not be the exception but the rule. Until that day comes, I will do what I must."
To Magneto:
When I was a kid I've followed the ideals of Liberalism from Professor X, his dream, peace, and coexistence for both humans and mutants with the X-Men fighting for unity and under Martin Luther King Jr after I've learned the history of the Civil Rights movement back in high school.
Until as I gotten older I've realized that humanity don't want peace they wanted war against the your own kind, as a human myself, I've seen the worst of humanity from the MRD, the Sentinels, Project Wideawake, the Friends of Humanity, and the Purifiers as I've leaned towards your realists of Revolutionary of your Ideology and Philosophy as Mutants are the next evolution as well leaning towards Malcolm X.
However, I maybe human but I'm not racist against your own kind because it's the same thing all over again as most other humans don't realize it as my duality from s Social Democrat and Progressive Ideals slowly become a Socialist Revolutionary as I have a peso from my Grandfather as I've flipped the peso for heads or tales for balance.
Furthermore, if who met Immortal Technique who is a Peruvian-American Rapper as you'll get along just fine also if you listen to his music from four albums of Revolutionary Vol. 1 and 2, The Third World, and Martyr you'll see most humans wanted to fight against oppression, discrimination, and inequality.
Magneto:
"I see in you the duality of one who once believed in Charles’s dream but came to recognize the harsh truths that underlie it. You understand that humanity’s promise of peace is nothing but a hollow refrain, repeated by those who wish to seem benevolent while quietly fearing and preparing to extinguish what they do not understand. You, a human, acknowledge the systems of hatred - the MRD, Sentinels, Project Wideawake, and more - that stand as testaments to humanity’s unwillingness to accept Mutantkind as anything other than a threat. For that, I commend you.
Like you, I once placed my faith in the ideals of others. I wanted to believe, as Charles does, that humanity could embrace Mutants. But the violence and the cruelty I have witnessed reveal that peace is not given freely. You see the parallel to Malcolm X, as do I, for he too understood that liberation cannot be begged for; it must be claimed, demanded through strength. It is the brutal clarity of reality that drives me, not some desire for conquest. Those who do not understand this call me a tyrant, a fanatic. But they do not see what I have seen. They have not lost what I have lost.
As for your views on oppression, discrimination, and the struggles shared by those who stand against these forces, I understand them well. I have heard whispers of Immortal Technique, his message against the very same oppression and corruption that plagues humanity, and perhaps there is a kinship in these shared struggles. However, where he may call for revolution through the spoken word, I know the time for words has passed. It is action that will secure our future.
You say you are not against Mutantkind, that you do not hold the same hatred as others. Perhaps you do not, and for that, I respect you. But understand that for every one of you, there are countless others who see us only as a threat, as something to be eradicated. It is not enough for a few to understand. Humanity as a whole must either accept our rightful place or be made to, for we will not stand idly by and wait to be exterminated.
Your journey - from the ideals of Charles Xavier to the realism of our struggle - is one that I have seen many take. So, I welcome you to the revolution."
To magneto:
"Magneto. Or Max Eisenhardt. A boy born into a German-Jewish family and a man who grew up seeing witnessed first-hand humany brutality and pettiness. All in the name of superiority and dominance of a "superior nation." "Humanity's evolutional epitome. God's chosen ones." These are only some of the many names the Nazis and many other superiorists over the centuries called themselves when they were hunting down and killing those "lesser" than them.
What you and your family had to go through is unimaginable. Cruel and unfair beyond measure. Nobody deserves to go through the things you and your people had to go through. Regardless of skin colour, religion, country of origin, political ideology, sexual preferences, or the possession or not of superhuman abilities.
You have every right to be mistrustful at us, Mr Eisenhardt. Wary of us. Angry at us. We humans, deserve it. For we've always treated what's different from us with mistrust, contempt and violence.
It's easy to wish to seize what you think is yours with force, instead of clinging on to seemingly meaningless dreams of coexistence and peace like Charles Xavier does.
However, I think that I must point a few things out:
1) By staying on the path you claim to be, you're becoming what you claim to hate: an advocate for discrimination and hatred. You claim that the mutants are the next step in human evolution, the chosen ones and that you must take what is yours by force. By making the humans think twice about challenging you. Explain this to me: how's this rhetoric any different from what the Nazis were preaching when they were claiming that they're the finest race in the world and that they're ought to make everyone bow to them?
2) How can you claim that your people are different from humans when they ARE humans. No matter their unique gifts, mutants are still a part of the human species.
You are a good person, Mr Eisenhardt. A man who fights for the rights of his people. A man who didn't deserve the pain and hatred he, his family and his people (wether they're called Jews or mutants) went through.
Please, don't lose that in hatred. Please, don't become the very monster you are trying to defeat. Don't become the Nazis."
Magneto:
"Your words are thoughtful, and I can sense the sincerity behind them. However, you misunderstand the essence of my struggle. You compare my actions to those of the very monsters who destroyed my family and countless others, and I understand why. You see only the surface: the force, the rhetoric of strength, and the rejection of coexistence. But there is a fundamental difference between what I stand for and what they stood for.
The Nazis sought domination based on a lie - a fabricated belief in racial superiority, a fantasy of purity that demanded the eradication of all who did not fit their twisted ideal. What I fight for is not some delusion of grandeur; it is the survival of my people, of Mutantkind. Mutants are not a chosen race by arbitrary decree. We are the next step in evolution - nature itself has determined that. We did not ask for this power, yet it is within us. We did not choose to be different, but we are. And because of this, humanity will never accept us.
I have seen how humans react to what they fear. Their hatred, their violence, it is inevitable. I know this because I have lived it. I saw it in the camps, and I see it now in how they treat Mutants. Charles Xavier's dream is noble, but it is naive. He believes that humanity can change, that they can overcome their fear of us. But I know better. History has shown me that those in power never give it up willingly. They must be made to.
To your first point: my rhetoric, you say, echoes that of the Nazis. But consider this: the Nazis sought to dominate by destroying those they saw as inferior. I seek to protect by ensuring that we, the Mutants, are never subjugated or destroyed by those who see us as a threat. My aim is not senseless domination; it is survival, secured by power. If we do not defend ourselves, if we do not take control of our fate, we will be hunted, just as I was hunted as a child.
And to your second point: you claim that Mutants are still part of humanity. But humanity does not see it that way. To them, we are not their kin; we are something other, something to be feared and, if possible, eradicated. I have seen this fear in their eyes. I have heard the whispers of hatred. They will not stop until they control us - or destroy us.
You say I should not become the monster I fight against, and I ask you: what is more monstrous? A man who defends his people, or a society that condemns us to extinction because they cannot tolerate what is different? I will not sit idly by while my people are persecuted. I will fight for them, and if that makes me a monster in the eyes of those who cling to their fear, so be it.
Understand this: I fight not because I enjoy conflict, but because I must. If humanity cannot change, then it is Mutantkind's destiny to rise above them, not out of hatred, but out of necessity."
@@LiteraryLifeLessons to Magneto:
"How can anyone find flaw in this reasoning? A people having enough of being treated like dirt and demanding freedom and justice? Over the course of history, we had thousands of revolutions for these exact same reasons and we've always applauded these heroes who didn't hesitate to oppose tyranny and cruelty. The mutants shouldn't be treated any differently.
However, fear breeds more fear. Hatred breeds more hatred. And loss creates more loss. If humans continue seeing your people like a threat, then they're going to devote everything they can to destroy you. And if there's something we, humans, are good at, is finding ways to destroy and kill.
Violence alone is not going to provide your people with recognition of their rights. If you are truly that great, you will lead by example instead of force. Show people why mutants can and should be respected and admired instead of being feared."
Magneto:
"Your words speak to a sentiment I once entertained, before the weight of reality crushed such optimism. I do not dispute the core of your argument - that fear breeds fear, that hatred begets more hatred. But you fail to see the vicious cycle in which we are trapped. You say that Mutants should not be treated differently, that we too deserve freedom and justice, just as countless revolutions have fought for such rights. And yet, no matter what we do, humanity insists on treating us as something to be feared, something to be crushed.
You suggest that leading by example, not by force, will change their hearts and minds. But history, as you yourself acknowledge, is full of examples of the oppressed rising up against their oppressors. In every case, it was not through quiet patience or peaceful gestures that justice was won. It was through action, through making those in power understand that their tyranny would no longer be tolerated.
Look at what happens when we show restraint. When Charles Xavier and his X-Men extend a hand in peace, what do they receive? Fear, distrust, and violence in return. Humanity is not ready to respect us, let alone admire us. They fear what they cannot control, and fear drives them to destroy. You say that humans excel at finding ways to kill. I know this all too well. That is why we must be prepared to defend ourselves with equal determination. If we do not act with strength, they will see it as weakness. And they will strike.
Understand this: I do not advocate for violence for its own sake. But there comes a time when survival demands it. Mutants cannot afford to wait for humanity to change. We cannot rely on their goodwill or their understanding, because history has shown us that when faced with what they fear, humans lash out. We must be strong enough to protect ourselves, and sometimes, that means showing them that we will not be caged or exterminated.
You call for recognition of our rights, but rights are not given - they are taken. They are earned through struggle, through proving that we will not bow to those who would destroy us. If humanity ever comes to respect us, it will not be because we begged for their approval. It will be because we stood strong in the face of their fear and showed them that we will not be broken.
So yes, fear breeds more fear. But strength, power - these are the only languages that humanity truly understands. And I will ensure that Mutants speak them fluently."
@@LiteraryLifeLessons to Magneto:
"Then by all means, know that you have my sympathies and please, allow me to wish you good fortune in the war to come. I only wish that victory shall be achieved with the least amount of bloodshed. On either side."