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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Cap is basically a small-government libertarian who believes that most people are good-at-heart, and will do the right thing if given the chance, and that larger governments or organizations will tend to become self-serving and immoral, especially when not held to any sort of accountability.

Which ties into the concept of, even if you can trust the people NOW with that sort of power - because they clearly have the best of intentions and will go out of their way to keep from abusing it - how can you guarantee that their successors, or their successors' successors, will be as trustworthy? And considering that the VERY NEXT STORYLINE in the comics was the one where Norman Osborn manages to take over as head of SHIELD and use the SRA and everything that stemmed from it to his own evil advantage, Cap was pretty blatantly right.

Yes, they managed to drive home that idea very well in remarkably short order. Granted, if the costumed vigilante angle wasn't vindicated, the Marvel Universe would likely be far more boring since all of your heroes would largely be collaborating.
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