The biggest catch, this opinion pointed out, is there's basically no way to guarantee benevolence. (AFAICT, there's not even a good way to select strongly for it.)
And moreover, those forms of government usually turn hereditary, and it's unusual for the benevolence to survive into the second generation.
And -- this is a point I didn't get into in my review -- there's a nasty question of "benevolent to *whom*?". One of the major currents in Secret Empire is that Hydra presents itself as good for Human Middle America, but Hydra Steve's benevolence is far from universal. The mutants basically conquer Seattle in self-defense, and declare themselves an independent nation in order to protect themselves. And the Inhumans mostly find themselves in concentration camps. It's a dark, literal rendering of the way that fascist empires usually need an "other" to set themselves against...
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Date: 2017-10-04 06:02 pm (UTC)And moreover, those forms of government usually turn hereditary, and it's unusual for the benevolence to survive into the second generation.
And -- this is a point I didn't get into in my review -- there's a nasty question of "benevolent to *whom*?". One of the major currents in Secret Empire is that Hydra presents itself as good for Human Middle America, but Hydra Steve's benevolence is far from universal. The mutants basically conquer Seattle in self-defense, and declare themselves an independent nation in order to protect themselves. And the Inhumans mostly find themselves in concentration camps. It's a dark, literal rendering of the way that fascist empires usually need an "other" to set themselves against...