I wanted to share an insight I had while rewatching Batman v Superman. ​There’s that scene where Lex is in his lab with Senator Finch, trying to get a permit to import the Kryptonite found in the Indian Ocean. To sway the senators, he uses his father’s trauma: "You know, my dad was born in East Germany. He grew up eating, uh, stale crakers. And every other Saturday, he had to march in parade and wave flowers at tyrants. So, I think it was providence that his son, me, would end up with this." ​He ends the scene calling the Kryptonite: ​"Now, you don't have to use a silver bullet. But if you forge one.... Well, then we don't have to depend upon the kindness of monsters". ​In this scene, Lex compares Superman to figures like Hitler or Stalin, implying that the hero is a potential tyrant who would subjugate humanity simply because he perceives us as fragile and inferior. ​In my view, Snyder is using Lex to talk directly to the audience. He’s suggesting that those who criticize 'Man of Steel'—claiming Superman 'destroyed the city'—are actually thinking exactly like Lex Luthor. ​Snyder’s detractors often ignore that it was Zod’s World Engine and his lackeys who intended to commit genocide, not Superman. Lex works tirelessly to ensure public opinion sees a "terrifying god" instead of a savior. Ultimately, those who hate Snyder’s vision of Superman fall right into the same rhetorical trap the villain set within the movie itself. #BvS #BatmanvSuperman #SnyderVerse