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Zod
>fanatically clings to his religion(science as embodied in the Kryptonian genetics program)
>seeks to restore Krypton's glorious past even if that means a genocide campaign
>blind to the advantages of tolerance and co-existence
He's a radical extremist

Superman
>politically polarizing
>seeks to define himself through action alone
>sees no importance in firmly establishing an identity for himself through a dialogue with the society in which he's immersed
>associated with atrocities in a war-torn region
>painted as being complicit in the Senate bombing by his silence in its aftermath
He's mainstream "good Muslim" Islam.

Batman
>traumatized by the Kryptonian invasion
>watches his tower fall
>resorts to torture and what is to his mind justifiable homicide in his "war campaign"
>lies (to Alfred) about a WMD(the dirty bomb)
>literally quotes Cheney in his "1% chance" speech
>vilifies his "enemy" based solely off where he's from and what he *might* do
That's the post-911 West right there.

Lex
>heavily wired into the government and involved in weapons research
>provides "civillian contractors" to foreign warlords
>the money behind "shadow interventions" in these war zones.
>seeks to paint Superman as a global threat
>resorts to fear-mongering and the politics of divisiveness to further his own selfish ends
>wears the "false halo" of self-serving philanthropy
>when his preferred "enemy" fails to cooperate, he drags the corpse of Zod out to play the part in his stead
And there's your selfish corporate interest.