It ' s only a joke to people who don ' t understand the electionLike a chess player getting more of their opponents pieces but then losing the match . Then some idiot comes along and whines because the wrong person won <| sep |> Those lines raise the problems posed by Superman ' s existence . Who gives him the right to do what he does ? What he did in Nairomi is the trigger for the controversies surrounding Superman . One man ' s freedom fighter is another man ' s terrorist . Nairomi was a kind of conflict where no one comes out looking clean and Superman ' s presence undoubtedly created a conflict even if he wasn ' t directly responsible for the deaths . He also crossed state lines , violated a nation ' s sovereignty . A matter of international politics yet his actions also reflect on the USA where he resides . He can ' t make those kinds of unilateral decisions in a political democracy . And as the interview says , if he were acting under US Senate approval , it would also mean a scenario of having to tell a grieving mother how Superman might have been able to save their child but on principle the Senate didn ' t want him to act . So either way , Superman being Superman causes problems .