Anyone else find it an interesting coincidence that two of the most prominent recent casting choices for Lex Luthor were Jews? The guy from Smallville show, and the actor from the DCEU. Superman is kind of a Christ allegory. Not from this world, has two fathers, his heavenly one and his earthly mortal one. Raised on earth to save it. All powerful. And his arch nemesis is Lex Luthor. That is all.
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The new cartoon series with chocolate tomboy Lois Lane is even less subtle, with Lex chanting "Earth for Earthlings."
Did they seriously have Lex say that?
See for yourself.
Of course
What's funny is, he isn't wrong. Superman is a being who could at any moment kill all of us, and he regularly forces his morals and beliefs on everyone, often with violence. In every sense, he should be controlled but he can't because of his godlike powers so we should absolutely be trying to be rid of him. Every "Evil Superman" media proves that over and over.
So they have to make Lex stupidly evil, or associate him with real life bad guys (like when Red Skull starting quoting Jordan Peterson), to dodge that fact.