This Tony is especially bad - complaining that no one had a chance to read the phone-book sized legal document in a five minute time frame when the sheer fact that Ross was connected to The Accords at all (and Tony's used car salesman pushing) should have been a major barrier to signing it.
Anyone who wants you to sign something legally binding that you have no chance to read and understand (in the timeframe allowed) and speaks with poisonous sweet promises about how anything you don't like about what you are signing can be fixed "later" is NOT on your side. Legal contracts are rarely if ever adjusted after signing - especially with a government. If they are adjusted at all, it is almost always to give more power to the government, not less.
The Accords basically sign you up to be a legal slave to the UN and your government, and with Hydra having infected governments all over the world, no one can be 100% sure their rot has been removed. Plus, absolute power corrupts absolutely - even good intentions can turn bad when you have a legally bound slave under your control.
I always thought Steve was looking for oversight in the form of something like Shield or MI6 - like an taskforce that worked with governments but had enough flexibility to go and do what they needed while still following guidelines set by the UN or something similar. Employed by the taskforce, but not enslaved to it.
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butterfly_kaguya on Chapter 51 Wed 11 May 2022 08:51PM UTC
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