>>106465745Yeah, Magneto is not unaware of what he's doing and why he is the way he is. It's just the only way he can figure to unite his people to prevent another genocide -- strike first. When your conclusion is that a war is coming no matter what, the only option is to militarize.
Xavier is different in that he thinks that a war is not inevitable, even though he realizes there is incredible racial tension. They both believe in the safety and protection of mutantkind and even the arming and defending of mutantkind, but Xavier just wants to rebuff while Magneto wants to eventually eliminate the other side.
And the other side isn't "all non-mutants." Magneto would be happy if he tore down the non-mutant power structure that fears the mutants. He thinks that so long as non-mutants have power, they'll use it to oppress the mutants they fear. So the solution to him is put Mutants in power.
