>>109062443Man, anti-mutant "racism" has never, ever made sense, at least from a biological perspective. Granted actual science gives up and leaves the room when a single gene is capable of allowing people to turn intangible, convert their body into ice, MASTER MAGNETISM, and shoot eye beams out your eyes, among other shit. But mutants as a separate species in particular has always been idiotic. The X gene is far less than the ~2% of genes Europeans still carry from Neanderthals. Species are defined by individuals capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring, and humans and mutants are clearly capable of interbreeding and producing viable offspring, except in the cases of poor bastards like Glob Herman who apparently no longer has junk and lord knows how Rockslide gets his rocks off.
Powerwise mutants aren't really any different from people exposed to gamma rays or cosmic rays or radioactive spider bites. But even similar groups like the Inhumans require an outside agent to activate their abilities. Mutants meanwhile represent someone with super empowerment waiting to happen, typically on its own. And that's really the kicker. Other heroes and villains and even ordinary schlubs who gain powers need some external force. Mutants are the self-perpetuating generation of powered individuals just by having that one gene. And that's where the "racism" has some merit because the more people running around with the X gene the more powered individuals that will result. In a world where most of their social and economic problems are caused by people with powers, whether it's heroes vs villains or just heroes vs heroes again (and again and again and again) it makes sense that they'd become demonized.
But the very concept of homo superior is a complete fabrication, unless they've rewritten the definition for a species. Mutants will never become the dominate species because they're already all human, which is really the problem. Humans tend to fuck shit up.
