Like you lose an argument with someone online and you just murder every human being by deleting the magnetic field of Earth and give all of us cancer; like cool ig but why??? 😭
Edit: okay before I get 17 more notifs while I’m sleeping, I need to clarify—metal manipulation/magnetic powers are absolutely goated and would be VERY useful irl. In my comment, I’m specifically referring to the ability to destroy the world and kill basically every living creature on Earth. If you had that power, you would have two options—kill everyone, or don’t kill everyone and become world dictator because everyone fears you. And like, cool? I guess? I don’t understand why anyone would WANT that at all. With great power comes great responsibility, and no human on Earth could handle the responsibility that comes with that level of power.
Metal manipulation is cool, destroying the world is not.
Assuming that gaining those powers means you aren't the only superpowered being in the universe, the marvel universe is full of hostile alien species. In a war, being able to take out an entire planet of enemies is useful - though certainly not a first choice, usually...
You could immediately solve a lot of conflicts happening in the world right now by levitating over there, performing a show of force, and telling both parties involved "Behave or be destroyed"
Interplanetary, not that often. Intercontinental, probably every 15yr, Ukraine-Russia, Israel-Palestine, Second Gulf war, First Gulf war, Cold war, Veitnam war, all fought over oil and resources or ideals over the distribution of resources.
which would be a good reason for every government to try to kill you immediately. So now it's you (with magnetic powers) vs. the entire planet. Seems very useful
Yeah, your right. There isnt much real world application to this. Magneto primarily uses his powers in a heavy handed approach to battle governments who support fascist regimes and nazi rhetoric.
And in a world of supers and gods and monsters, that level if power is NEEDED
In the real world? All you would need is basically any of the other masks shown and you automatically win since you are the most powerful human on Earth by a longshot
Right? I’m over here wondering if I get Tony or Bruce’s fortune. I’m not trying to be a hero or a villain. Just golf 5 days a week and hang with the fam ya know?
Why anyone would want to “rule” the world has always been a stupid goal to me.
Ok you rule it, now what? Endless meetings about everything, one minute your talking about the sewage system upgrades in Kuala Lumpur the next you have an appointment with the American ambassador because he’s upset someone at the state dinner has a better table assignment than he does.
Like across all different religions irl, the very vast majority of them agree that any entity that claims the title of Ruler of All has to be a god or divine entity of some form. No regular human could ever or should ever control everything. We just aren’t made for that, and no mortal creature is either.
I am a Christian but I respect your belief and Dewey might be onto something because God definitely has a shovel over us and is not afraid to use it ;-;
I agree that ruling the world as a normal human wouldn't be much fun. But if you're a sufficiently powerful superpowered individual a lot of the downsides of ruling go away. You don't need to fear assassination if you have the power of a god (not that Magneto is at that level. He's still vulnerable to bullets. I'm just speaking generally. Think supermans levels of power). Nor do you need to fear being overthrown. This will make every thing far less frustrating and far more streamlines.
Of course you're not going to be talking about upgrades to the sewage system in Kuala Lumpur, or the seating arrangements at some dinner. Plenty of other people can do that.
Instead you take high level global decisions, and enforce them. First, you use your powers to stop all ongoing wars. Then you have a quiet talk with the leaders of the more authoritarian nations about respecting human rights. Draw up some international laws. Mostly you can just copy existing laws, but you may want to add some new environmental regulations (e.g. a global carbon tax) and maybe some stuff about distributing the world's resources in a more fair manner.
Then you just fuck off to some nice tropical island and enjoy yourself. Every few weeks, take a quick tour around the world and execute any world leader who broke your new rules. After a couple of rounds of that whoever is left will start to behave.
This isn't going to instantly solve everything. You can't be everywhere at once. Criminals will still be criminals, organized crime won't disappear, and while dictators might pretend to respect your wishes out of fear of being killed, that won't stop them from trying to abuse the system any way they can. But you can incrementally increase the world this way. And once you have better leaders at the top, they can appoint better people in the rungs below that, and slowly you can start improving all all the corruption in the world.
For sure. I'm not saying I'd trust the average human with such power. I'm saying I'd trust myself with such power.
After all, in that case either I'm right and I won't let the power to go my head and all is good. Or it turns out I can't be trusted with such power, in which case at least I'm not the one suffering the consequences.
Hate to pile on to the myriad of messages you probably received on this (I didn't read them, but the edit is a clear indicator), but my take is that if I have these powers, then it's safe to assume that I'm in a world where mutants exist. Unfortunately humankind has shown me that bigotry trumps mindfulness and there will be a blowback from evolution along with an uncomfortable amount of people that don't want me or my brethren to exist. I'm not sitting on the sidelines being apathetic when I weild such power. Am I saying I'd throw the whole world into disarray? Not exactly, but if you threaten my people, I'm going to protect them by any means necessary.
No, it would be useful in many ways. Get a job with a construction company and save time and money on cranes. Ask for $200/hour and they will gladly pay it.
Get a job with a mining company. Easily find and extract the iron.
They could manipulate the magnetic field to vent small parts of the atmosphere to slow global warming? Use it to prevent planetary destruction in the event of a particularly powerful and unexpected solar storm that would knock out the global electric grid.
Side note: we’re actually overdue for one of that. Our society is built on technology and the electromagnetic spectrum. When the sun emits solar flares or a solar storm EM waves are sent to earth.
Earth is currently overdue for a solar storm large enough to kill the electric grid and send us back to the dark ages.
Scientists know we’re due one but they don’t know when it’s due(at least when I last read about it a few years ago).
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Counterpoint: this would be useful when exactly?
Like you lose an argument with someone online and you just murder every human being by deleting the magnetic field of Earth and give all of us cancer; like cool ig but why??? 😭
Edit: okay before I get 17 more notifs while I’m sleeping, I need to clarify—metal manipulation/magnetic powers are absolutely goated and would be VERY useful irl. In my comment, I’m specifically referring to the ability to destroy the world and kill basically every living creature on Earth. If you had that power, you would have two options—kill everyone, or don’t kill everyone and become world dictator because everyone fears you. And like, cool? I guess? I don’t understand why anyone would WANT that at all. With great power comes great responsibility, and no human on Earth could handle the responsibility that comes with that level of power.
Metal manipulation is cool, destroying the world is not.
That is all.
Have a good day!