Be honest: if you had the power to stop time, your morals would go out the window. - eviltoast

Pretty much the title. I’ve been watching more realistic super hero shows like The Boys and Invincible. The reoccurring themes is that with great power comes great immorality.

I think it’s easy for us normies to respect other people and their property because there are clear consequences for violating social norms. But what would the average person do if they had super powers?

  • GiveMemes@jlai.lu
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    1 year ago

    Lmao yeah but what about when somebody pisses you off? Like that’s kinda the whole point of this question but good job taking some weird moral high ground ig?

    Also, what if your ideas about “wicked” and “good” aren’t the same as mine?

    For example one of us could see Xi Jinping and the Chinese government as quite evil and actively carrying out a genocide, while the other of us might believe that to be western propaganda and that the Chinese government is generally benign.

    What about when the death of the wicked means a power vacuum and strife for a region a la American imperialism?

    Anyway just trying to get some interesting conversation related to the topic at hand.

    • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I mean think of if someone pisses you off now, you don’t automatically go and fuck with them anonymously, even though it’s infinitely easy to do.