definitelynotscott:

toomanylokifeels:

“What’s scary about Thanos is he might be right!” About what? He’s not right? There’s nothing in his argument that y’all gave him that made him *right* in any universe ever. We have enough resources. We have all manner of ways to use more renewable resources. Our problems are largely political, with those with the most power and wealth controlling the most resources and with those controlling the most resources influencing how we distribute resources and pursue renewable resources. The scary thing is not that Thanos is right, but rather that people believe it. Thus, perpetuating the control the powerful and wealthy have over our resources. 

A relatively small number of companies cause most of the world’s pollution. The wealthy are incredibly wasteful by comparison to those living in poverty. Jobs are outsourced because it’s cheaper, which lends to job insecurity not the fact that our population is growing out of control. We’re still dependent on non-renewable resources because lobbyists have prevented us from adequately addressing climate change and investing in renewable resources. Science and education programs are being defunded, despite the solutions they provide. Immigrant and refugee populations are being pushed away despite boosting our local economies. 

…and the few make a lot of $$$ by exploiting the labor of the many and keeping the majority of our population ignorant of any solutions that might make their lives better. To say that Thanos might be “right” is a load of complete bullshit that only serves the wealthy who gasp and clutch their pearls at the thought of paying their taxes. I don’t want to hear about overpopulation and lack of resources from anyone, before we question why a small number of people own the majority of our resources. Ya know who gets thrown under the bus when we talk about overpopulation? Marginalized communities. Marginalized communities who are seen as a drain on or threat to “our” resources.

To introduce a villain whose initial motivation and intention was to straight up murder people for funsies, and to moralize that behavior by saying “he might be right!” is absolutely fucking disgusting and it makes me livid, especially because who is targeted the most throughout the film by Thanos? It’s not going to be the white men who were at the forefront of Marvel from the beginning. Nope. It’s people of color as a whole. It’s women. It’s disabled people. It’s queer / queer coded people. etc. Looking at a list of everyone who is DEAD, pretty much reveals this. That doesn’t just happen by accident. That’s not a fucking accident, and that’s what makes this so insidious.

I don’t fucking care if they go back in time and fix all of this shit, because I know Marvel has too much to lose by making everything absolutely permanent. I’m not worried about that. The message this sends, though? It’s fucking gross, and the only scary thing about this is the fact that people will uncritically defend it and read pseudo scientific, pseudo historical bullshit (from authors who sensationalize controversial topics for profit) to further defend this stance on “overpopulation” Thanos would have been more interesting, more scary, and more threatening and real had they stuck with the fact that he is 100% evil and fully enjoys killing all those people. We don’t need to perpetuate this dystopian fantasy to justify his actions. Good fucking gourd.   

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