But the two situations are not comparable. Clark Luthor is from an alternate universe. He was raised by an alternate version of Lionel who, from what we see, is a total sociopath. Earth-2 is a darker world than this one, and everyone in it is correspondingly worse.
Besides, even if one does make the comparison, does it prove anything? No. It establishes that on Earth-2 Clark Luthor made the same bad decisions that Lex did. That's all. It doesn't mean that Lex is any less to blame for his actions. And speculating about what Lex would be like had he been raised by the Kents doesn't really contribute anything to the discussion either. It's like questioning what Bundy or Nihlsen would have been like if they had been brought up in a different environment. It doesn't change their behaviour, or the choices that they made in the environment they were raised in.
Fact is, Lex had numerous chances to be a better person. With his money he could have sought the best psychiatric help available and dealt with the problems that his father left him. He chose not to. Lex embraced Lionel's credo of might makes right, even while simultaneously rejecting the man himself. He's a hypocrite, and a criminal, and his actions are his own. We don't arrest the bullies when some kid shoots up the school, and we shouldn't put the blame for Lex's actions on Lionel.
And how is Clark Luthor worse than Lex? They're both sociopaths who kill for a living. The only difference is that Clark Luthor does it for hire (they more or less imply he's Earth-2 Lionel's bagman) while Lex does it to anyone who gets in his way. Not a lot of difference there.
Besides, even if one does make the comparison, does it prove anything? No. It establishes that on Earth-2 Clark Luthor made the same bad decisions that Lex did. That's all. It doesn't mean that Lex is any less to blame for his actions. And speculating about what Lex would be like had he been raised by the Kents doesn't really contribute anything to the discussion either. It's like questioning what Bundy or Nihlsen would have been like if they had been brought up in a different environment. It doesn't change their behaviour, or the choices that they made in the environment they were raised in.
Fact is, Lex had numerous chances to be a better person. With his money he could have sought the best psychiatric help available and dealt with the problems that his father left him. He chose not to. Lex embraced Lionel's credo of might makes right, even while simultaneously rejecting the man himself. He's a hypocrite, and a criminal, and his actions are his own. We don't arrest the bullies when some kid shoots up the school, and we shouldn't put the blame for Lex's actions on Lionel.
And how is Clark Luthor worse than Lex? They're both sociopaths who kill for a living. The only difference is that Clark Luthor does it for hire (they more or less imply he's Earth-2 Lionel's bagman) while Lex does it to anyone who gets in his way. Not a lot of difference there.
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