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human
[Superman] If Superman used his powers to rapidly dig some new canals for most of the world's countries, would humanity be better off?

I've recently had the pleasure of reading a **Superman** fanfiction called '***The Metropolitan Man***'. IMO it's a fair deconstruction, set in the 1930's. One scene it contains, a dialogue between the story's Superman and Lois Lane, really got me thinking.

IIRC, the scene involves Lois Lane interviewing Superman on *The Daily Planet*'s rooftop, and a rather unimpressed Lois asks Superman why he doesn't do more for humanity beyond his simple rescues and crimefighting. In particular, she suggests to Superman that he might help more people by using his powers to help create major infrastructure, such as digging new canals around the world. Superman declines, citing that he only wants to stick to performing basic 'unambiguous goods' such as saving lives, and that undertaking such major tasks on humanity's behalf could have wider effects that might effect mankind's development in potentially undesirable ways .

**I'm not sure if I'm convinced either way, so I want additional opinions:** Let's assume that Superman takes her advice seriously and immediately digs new canals all over the globe, until every country that could possibly benefit from having a canal now has one. Would humanity be better off or worse? Who do you think is right?
gpt
Once he goes down that road, he's going to cause political fallout.  Every project he undertakes will ultimately help some more than others, may harm people who are losing their land, and will take away jobs of tens of thousands of people.

Why is he helping this country with a dictatorship when their people are being oppressed?  Why did he build the canal across this corporation's land so that now they can charge for its use?  If he's digging canals for that country, why won't he build highways and sewage lines for us?

It never ends and he ends up being reviled because people start focusing on what he's *not* doing and how unfair it is.