The problem is that humanity in the MU is somehow even more idiotic than in the real world, which is, once again, inherently impossible.
Norman has already played them perfectly.
Except that, as has already been pointed out in this thread, Norman simply doesn't possess the mental stability to "play" anyone this perfectly, not when he's so OPENLY nuts that he's threatening to kill children IN THE UNITED NATIONS.
I'm one hell of a cynical and misanthropic guy, and even I know that there's one hell of a huge gulf between "realistic" and "nihilistic."
And if humanity in the MU really is this stupid and evil, then Magneto was right all along, and they don't deserve to be saved. At the very least, I'm not going to care about any plot which hinges upon the heroes trying to save them.
There must be SOMETHING good about the world and its people, for them to be worth saving, and that goodness simply DOESN'T EXIST in the MU now.