CrimsonGenius
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Mine would understand after… the events in both the comics and the cartoon continuation. They wouldn’t join him but they understand why.
Form IGN:Mind summarizing his points?
Professor X and Magneto, created in the '60s, were modeled after Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, respectively. Both want the same thing -- a world where mutants are accepted members of society who can live without fear. Granted, from time to time (and writer to writer), Magneto's aspirations are a bit more selfish and grandiose. But fundamentally they want the same thing. The two just have very different ideas of how to achieve this end.
Xavier strongly believes that the only way to live peacefully with Homo Sapien is to show that while mutants may sometimes look different, they are still human beings. Aggression only serves to escalate confrontations with humans and further alienate mutants from the vast populace. Though the X-Men often use their powers in combat, they do so almost solely against other powered beings or as a last resort against humans.
Magneto has no desire to go quietly to camps and be exterminated by humans. To him, the only way to fight human aggressors is with a show of power. If someone throws a bottle at a mutant, that mutant should throw a car at the human. It isn't that (most of the time) Magneto wants to subjugate the human race, but he sees no reason to suffer a single abuse when his power and those of his brethren can put an immediate (if temporary) stop to an act of hatred against mutants.