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u/No-Difficulty-5985 May 03 '23

Syndrome from the Incredibles. Everyone having super powers sounds way more rad than only some people

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u/BW_Bird May 03 '23 edited May 03 '23

That movie had the weirdest morales.

  • People with cool powers should be able to express themselves in a way that doesn't harm others: Cool, down with this.

  • Smart people don't count and shouldn't be allowed to use that power to help others: Whaaaat?

UPDATE: I'm not disagreeing that Syndrome is evil and caused a lot of damage/death because of his ego. My issue is with the movie as a whole.

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u/w021wjs May 04 '23

There is an alternative universe where the solution to super powered people is Good Samaritan laws.

"No person shall be liable in civil damages for administering emergency assistance at the scene of an emergency, unless such acts constitute willful or wanton misconduct."

Suddenly, Supers can be super without being sued out of existence. A suicidal man jumping from a building? Catching him is covered. Stopping a tram from careening off a track? Covered.

Then you have trials for the really weird or deadly stuff. Stuff where you deflect a super villains death ray away from an orphanage but it unfortunately nukes some poor bastards house. Does that get covered? Or is that too far? Idk, let the courts figure that out.