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12/12 That's the part of the Magistrates that needs to stay in the discussion. Plenty of X-Men enemies can overpower somebody. These people can take somebody away with the approval of the country they live in. Jenny's life can be reassigned. Philip can be punished for objecting. Rogue and Wolverine can be stripped of their defenses. The people being hurt are surrounded by officials treating it as something they're entitled to do. And even when some of those officials help bring Hodge down, the earlier choices still count. Anderson and Moreau both become useful to the rescue, but neither came into the story as an innocent bystander. Through where I've read, Genosha shows how much damage can be done when a whole society accepts that certain people exist to be used. The Magistrates are the ones who make sure those people can't simply refuse. Reading references: Uncanny X-Men #235–238, #259, #262, and #270–272; New Mutants #95–97; X-Factor #60–62. Discussion stops at the end of the Muir Island Saga.