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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Been a while since I've seen any Superman, but I'm pretty sure a major part of Lex Luthor's character is he's selfish, but he also thinks he's helping humanity by trying to get rid of Superman.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yep he's an asshole but the entire point of what he does is that Superman can just turn bad at any moment and humanity will immediately lose so he is trying to take him out before that happens.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

His fellow billionaire Bruce Wayne has multiple contingency plans for just such an occasion. Imagine if Lex found that out and managed to get into Batman's files.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

some versions have him as extremely intelligent but completely selfish.

others (sometimes) have him as extremely intelligent and selfless, and her considers superman a threat.

[–] eva_sieve@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

All Star Superman has a quite succinct rebuttal to Lex Luthor as a character:

"I could have made everyone see! I could have saved the world if it wasn't for you!"

"You could have saved the world years ago if it mattered to you, Luthor."

(I think the book is the superior version, but I do love that the movie adds a sincere "you're right" from Lex in this scene).