That, deep down, evil and powerful people have the same priorities that regular people have, and they can sometimes be persuaded to act in an ethical manner by appealing to their humanity.
Maybe, but that still ties into another unfortunate thing people learn from cartoons: "Evil is ultimately caused by individual people doing evil things, and if you get rid of those bad apples, that will stop evil from happening."
That, deep down, evil and powerful people have the same priorities that regular people have, and they can sometimes be persuaded to act in an ethical manner by appealing to their humanity.
If anything, Captain Planet is closer to reality with its villains being greedy, self-destructive morons.
Maybe, but that still ties into another unfortunate thing people learn from cartoons: "Evil is ultimately caused by individual people doing evil things, and if you get rid of those bad apples, that will stop evil from happening."
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