So... these two aren't really that bad of guys are they?

>>86690650

What do you think happens with the weapons he sells?

shooting people dead =/= second amendment

He sent his boys out to rob everybody on the block.

Fuck that guy

>>86690650
Mariah is quite obviously only in it for herself. She's a politician, she plays an angle - I don't see how any of its genuine. And Cottonmouth was insane, both use fear and oppression in their quest for power. And that shit is clearly evil dude.

>>86690742
Honestly isnt using extralegal violence to support your community what being a superhero is all abour?

What's wrong with our society when sociopathic murderers are considered villains?

>>86690784
But what I'm trying to say isn't they were only supporting their community through supporting themselves. I feel like those characters in the end when left with either of the two, they'd choose themselves. And to answer a further question, no I don't think a (typical but GOOD) hero would do the same faced with the choice.

>>86690650
>There master plan is to stop gentrification and improve the community,

BM maybe, but Cottonmouth outright laughed at her when she suggested that, he was interested in power, ruling through fear, and getting rich, that was it. Nothing in the show indicated he wanted what was best for Harlem, and everything pointed to him being ready to kill whoever if it meant more power.

>Like the worst thing he did was kill Shameek amd the dude was a psycho dick who robbed his boss.

He also shot the guy who said not to rattle Luke's cage like a dumbass, and that came back on him hard.

>Even the "crime" they are doing isnt that bad

Military grade weapons with the serial numbers filed off probably aren't going to be used for self defense.

>Hell Cottonmouth and Black Mabel are less legally grey than most superheroes are.

Right, because they're entirely legally black. Literally, every single thing they did was 100 percent illegal, immoral, and hurt a lot of innocent people by breaking into apartments, stealing shit, robbing others, and destroying livelyhoods all in the pursuit of power, but Luke Cage roaming around and stopping gun deals when he happens across them is way more legally grey.

He doesn't play by the law, he plays by the rules he thinks are important, which is don't hit certain targets, and that's it.

>>86690784
One removes violence from the streets, the other creates more violence that leads to things like having to beat and rob and explode people to 'keep face'.

One of them requires someone to hunt down someone who doesn't want to pay them for money they're not owed for protection against something only they can do and breaking them when they can't pay the bills to 'save face', the other involves stopping someone someone innocent from getting hurt and then going on your way.

You think Spiderman leaves little checks for people to fill out when he breaks up a drug ring in payment for his actions? No.

When it comes down to it, one of them made life a lot harder, a lot less safe, and a lot more likely for you to die for nothing more than somebody had a bad day, and the other involves making it so that people like that get stopped.

>>86691107
But what about the community rec centers and the jobs and affordable housing and keeping Harlem from being Gentrified.

Mariah used unscrupulous methods to get the job done just like thete grandma did to blsck mail old perverts for jungle gyms.

History is full of heroes who got there hands dirty for the greater good. Sure they ran guns, but that money probably went to beyter causes than most taxes did

>>86691188
you seem to be a very dense person.

>>86690650
I think a few times it was shown that Cottonmouth does not give a shit which is why he doesn't care that people knows what he does. Mariah doesn't either but still does the mental gymnastics to make herself believe she does. Kinda like Fisk though I think she will have some form of code before she breaks it while he just had a nuke it all mentality.