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Poob ,

Thanos was a fucking stupid character in the MCU. The human population is currently doubling every 61 years with a growth rate of about 1.14%. Assuming similar numbers across the galaxy, he didn’t do anything except cause suffering. He’s a very poorly written villain.

I guess to stay on topic, they would have looked at population growth, and determined that his plan was moronic, and fought him.

MystikIncarnate ,

I agree that Thanos is dumb, but he’s well written. He’s supposed to be stupidly short sighted; that’s his whole deal. He experienced a problem with his own society, and invented an idiotic solution that was readily rejected (rightly) by his own people. He saw the downfall after that and said to himself that the cause was that they didn’t listen to him.

When he grew powerful enough to do it, wanting nobody else to suffer the loss of their entire society like he did, forces the universe to participate in his little exercise with little to no regard for the losses people suffer, nor the long term consequences of his plan.

He has no ability to think beyond the small scope of time that encompasses his plan.

Sure, resources will be far less scarce for people in the short term, but, as you’ve correctly pointed out, in the long term, he’s simply delaying the inevitable, which is why his statement near the end of endgame is so poignant: “I am inevitable”. Then he snaps, and nothing happens because Tony stole the infinity stones, proving he’s not inevitable and underneath it all, he’s not thinking of the inevitable outcome of his plan (which is only delaying things at best, and is an actual war crime).

He’s convinced himself so throughly that his way is the only way that he refuses to even entertain the idea that there may be other solutions, which bluntly, other solutions may have an actual effect in the long run (more than 100 years out).

He’s meant to be fanatical about it being the only option and unable to be convinced otherwise. He’s written perfectly for that role.

Other means of population control should be considered, but he’ll have none of it. I see it as analogous to so many humans in real life that deny long term damages to the planet and to future generations because of short sighted “freedoms” or benefits that they may reap in their lifetime. A whole “fuck the distant future for immediate gains” kind of mentality; something that, quite bluntly, is the prevailing mindset of most capitalist businesses. It’s all about maximizing the present and damn the consequences.

Thanos is a literary tool to describe problems we have right here and right now, on a fundamental level. People do convinced that their way is the only way that they will do immense harm to their fellow humans (and/or other living beings) just to do what they think is in the best interest of themselves and others, without considering evidence or any discourse that may prove that their way may not work out long term.

justastranger ,

That’s because they tried to make him some sort of noble villain in the movies when he was just horny for Death in the comics and wanted to impress her

Poob ,

Thanos was a fucking stupid character in the MCU. The human population is currently doubling every 61 years with a growth rate of about 1.14%. Assuming similar numbers across the galaxy, he didn’t do anything except cause suffering. He’s a very poorly written villain.

I guess to stay on topic, they would have looked at population growth, and determined that his plan was moronic, and fought him.

Showroom7561 ,

Thanos could have literally chosen 1000 other options that were better than killing 50% of all living things, and I’m sure nobody would have disagreed!

justastranger ,

He could have literally just wished for the best, most ethical solution to happen without even coming up with one and had the stones figure it out for him (i mean, one of the infinitely powerful magical space crystals is the mind stone after all, could totally just say it’s capable of thought)

CeruleanRuin ,

Ant-Man: Well come on, wait, you know, there are different kinds of intelligence, right? Please someone tell me I’m not making that up.

dangblingus ,

He also could have just created trillions more planets so that there wouldn’t be natural resource shortages. Nope. Gotta murder quadrillions of life forms.

UnicornKitty ,
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Sorry that’s not exciting enough.

MajorHavoc ,

Yep. That’s actually what at least one version of Reed Richards does with the gauntlet.

phoenixz ,

50% was such a dumb number anyways.

It requires a single doubling to get back to where we were. To double, you’d need about 10 times a 7% growth. Probably within less than 100 years you’d be back at the same problem

Not to mention that when you murder a shit tonne of people, and when it’s over you’ll likely have lots of people getting babies, so you get a birth wave about 9 months later. That regrowth starts FAST.

Kyoyeou ,

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RaivoKulli ,

Build the fence! Build the fence!

Iceman ,

He was called mad because he wanted to return earth to it’s 1970 population

zepheriths ,

That leaves an interesting situation for Bruce banner/the hulk

IphtashuFitz , (edited )

I think it largely depends on his definition of “dumb”…. Given he’s already committed to wiping out half of all life, I’d consider his mental facilities to be of questionable intellect already. His idea of who is dumb may be similarly questionable…

Drusenija ,

What would make this question more interesting is can you think of any metric where they would flip, or at least consider it. For example, all the members of Hydra (a bad example, would never make 50%, but you get the idea).

Nioxic ,

Then we know he would have killed all of GOTG

cooopsspace ,

You could take like 80% for all I care, I’ll be fine :P

idiomaddict ,

Hang on, do you mean “with the least capacity to be smart,” or is he killing all the babies and children?

Poik ,
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I mean, the average newborn is smarter than the average politician, so maybe it’s not as bad as we think.

GnomeKat ,
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Bruh babies cant even talk or have object permanence, don’t try to spin that as being smart.

Drigo ,

Maybe it should be split for every age group, I guess that would make it fair

OneWomanCreamTeam ,

I once convinced a 9 year old that dogs are just cats but older. Little humans are smart as hell 😎

RaivoKulli ,

Politician dumb

MTK ,

The real question is which avengers would be gone. Putting my money on Thor

lud ,

Not necessarily any Avengers would be gone.

MTK ,

If Thor is on the upper half of intelligence in his kind then…

MajorHavoc ,

Good point, technically. But… We all know Thor would be gone. There’s no way the rightful heir to the throne of Asgard is in their top 50% intelligence.

Moobythegoldensock ,

Thor, Starlord, Drax, and Mantis would all be toast. Steve, Bucky, and Falcon are tossups because I think their intelligence is supposed to be about average.

Eggyhead ,
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They all would have been wiped out.

Crackhappy ,
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I don’t think the hulk would have reacted at all, since he’d be gone. But does that mean Banner would stay somehow?

3laws ,

Hulk is not dumb, he just was born 30 years later than Banner.

We know that given the time Hulk also proves to Bea genius of his own.

figaro ,

Isn’t the hulk a scientist?

Draedron ,

Banner is

Feathercrown ,

They’re the same person now tho

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