With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

[Ardy]

And people have willingly joined groups or ideologies that are unpopular or illegal, so Smiley being a bad figure is not a deal breaker for them.

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No one joins the nazis after living in a concentration camp, and EVERYONE ON EARTH got hit with the anti-life.

If Smiley revealing himself would get him more converts/power/influence, then Smiley could do that himself, and since he doesn't, then that's not really a reason to assume it's a bad idea.

It doesn't matter if you have a skeleton in your closet or you want power, even sociopaths horribly suffered under the anti-life, and all but the insane would prefer to lose influence rather than go through it again.

You keep acting like this is a pre-anti life world, when it very much is not. It'll take a generation before people are willing to stop taking it seriously.

 

[Darko]

No one joins the nazis after living in a concentration camp, and EVERYONE ON EARTH got hit with the anti-life.

If Smiley revealing himself would get him more converts/power/influence, then Smiley could do that himself, and since he doesn't, then that's not really a reason to assume it's a bad idea.

It doesn't matter if you have a skeleton in your closet or you want power, even sociopaths horribly suffered under the anti-life, and all but the insane would prefer to lose influence rather than go through it again.

You keep acting like this is a pre-anti life world, when it very much is not. It'll take a generation before people are willing to stop taking it seriously.

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People can move on from things surprisingly quickly.

It's stupid, but it's true.

And while Boss Smiley does have the ability to mind control people, his power is subtle enough and different compared to the crushing brutality of Anti-Life that most people are not likely to make the comparison.

As long as Smiley gives them power without destroying their minds, then they'll do what he wants.