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[Various Supermans] Why does Lex Luther never realize that all he needs to do to "beat" Superman is to make himself a -genuinely- better force for good?

With his resources he could fight to end poverty, his intellect could cure cancer, aids, or drug addiction, and his tech could be distributed to law enforcement . . . who needs super heroes at all when Johnny PD has a suit capable of fist fighting Superman? Any of these things or a combination of them would lead to Lex being both more loved and acknowledged than Supe, and Superman would fade into obscurity . . . all the while making Supe's skin crawl at the nagging thought that he -wants- Luther to be secretly plotting something. 

Seems this would not only be easier but far more likely to work than every other Tuesday's plan to zap Superman with a kyptonite gun.
gpt
Truthfully it wouldn't solve Lex's actual problem.  Lex Luthor was a rags to riches story.  He scrabbled hard his entire life, he struggled, he fought, he won everything he had with his mind and his ruthlessness and his cunning.  He got where he was through sheer, concentrated effort. 

Other heroes, they got what they had because of trauma, because they fought for it.  You look at Batman, you know he's been through shit.  Hal Jordan, Martian Manhunter, even Flash, have been through horrible things.  Their power has weaknesses, limits, conditions.

And into Metropolis, into *Lex's* city, into the bastion of power he has built for himself so that everyone will know that Lex Luthor exists, that everyone will know Lex's life has meaning, floats someone that's not a man.  Someone that's a god.  

And the thing that sticks in Luthor's craw most of all?  He's *nice*.  He's not the bigger fish that fears Luthor, he's not the smaller fish that challenges him.  He's so much bigger than Luthor that he's *nice* to Luthor.  He would genuinely applaud Luthor if Luthor cured cancer, or AIDS, or ended poverty.  Superman would smile and shake his hand.  Like he, Lex Luthor, was a trained dog who performed a particularly impressive trick.