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This is literally the point of The Boys. What if normal greedy people held the power, what would that look like if they were superpowered.
Even in The Boys, the real evil came from their corporate overlords.
More specifically capitalism. Pretty good show.
Vot and what it stands for are the villan/pessimist of the story. What the original comment is refering to as the "point of the show" is really the shows "theme" or message. The villan/pessimist being evil wouldnt be the theme of the story. Its been a while since I watched it last so i dont want to incorrectly say what my take on what the theme is in the show but an example would be something like the theme of the show is
They do hold the power tho