Hydra's idealogy in Captain America Winter Soldier

For this round I will have 4 points rebutting Pro's arguments, in a format where I quote some of Pro's argument and then refute it. MY REBUTTALS: 1. Pro: "Exactly, you all distrust Hydra so much. But I didn't see evidence of racism or such in what glimpses we had of the organization of Hydra. Plus, Hydra wanted control, and that's why they had to kill potential 20 million threats. They even had former SHIELD on their side, which reduces prejudice." -Racism was not seen in HYDRA because racism often a subtle, barely-detected force. Implicit bias is "the bias in judgment and/or behavior that results from subtle cognitive processes (e.g., implicit attitudes and implicit stereotypes) that often operate at a level below conscious awareness and without intentional control." (1) Discovering racism is not as easy asking a potential HYDRA candidate, "are you racist?" -According to research, "the majority of white people who take the implicit association test (IAT) for racial bias do demonstrate biases against dark-skinned people. In a 2007 study of over 2.5 million IAT responses, University of Virginia psychology professor Brian Nosek and colleagues reported that 68% of participants demonstrated negative implicit attitudes toward black people, dark skin, and black children." (2) -Even more disturbingly, implicit biases also control your actions the most when stress is occurring in the brain, as, "when we are afraid or stressed, stereotypes reign." (2) It is very obvious that those who work in many sections of HYDRA will undertake duties that involves quick and risky decision-making, and unfortunately, "our brains have to override our initial responses (in order to overcome implicit bias), which requires both time and cognitive capacity." (2) As HYDRA agents would work in a job that requires quick decisions and a high amount of stress and fear, implicit biases could control as little as 12% of HYDRA***, leading to the deaths of minority groups or even those in the majority who were unfairly seem as potential threats. The number is most likely significantly higher when you factor in implicit biases held by people who aren't white and/or the implicit biases that are not about dark skin/black people. -Pro's statement that HYDRA should be somewhat less prejudiced because it has former SHIELD agents has the presupposition that the average HYDRA agent is more prejudiced than the average SHIELD agent; a quasi-concession from the Pro side that HYDRA is not completely to be trusted. 2. Pro: "As for protection from the attack, Hydra had not expected Captain America and his team to turn up, and they had to rush their hand. Also, Hydra manage to take down SHIELD as well, for SHIELD was shut down after that." -HYDRA should have been prepared for every single eventuality to occur; a group with the lives of billions held in their hands cannot afford to be blindsided even once - yet HYDRA was blindsided in a series of mistakes that were so negligent they should be considered criminal. -Yes, HYDRA was able to succeed in temporarily disabling SHIELD; however, that is not a qualification for having control over a computer program that could kill any person in the world in an instant. This only proves that HYDRA would be better served as a SHIELD-esque program that would infiltrate and, if needed, bring down organizations with suspicious activities. 3. Pro: "Hydra and SHIELD forces were evenly matched, but when you have a super-soldier with a vibranium shield charging through your heli-carriers, it is hard to defend your territory. The winter-soldier took out all the SHIELD pilots and downed Falcon, but Captain America beat him with his super-strength." -HYDRA was simply not powerful enough to take down the forces of about half of SHIELD, Falcon, and Captain America, despite the fact that far more powerful and malignant forces exist in the MCU - Loki and any brainwashed minions he may have, Thanos and his 'daughters,' etc. If HYDRA can't defend a program that could cause human extinction, HYDRA has no right to be responsible for that program. 4. Pro: "Hydra's encryption seems rather weak though, for out of 100's of chips surely one can't make the helicarriers target each other. But then originally it was supposed to be inaccessible by anyone, and take down invaders come in from space as well as threats on the ground. Hydra couldn't send many operatives on the ship while it was launching for they wouldn't have survived in space, and after the ships were off the ground, it was hard to reach for the normal soldiers." -HYDRA's encryption certainly was weak, another mistake that shows they shouldn't hold the fate of mankind in their hands. -HYDRA should have had hundreds of operatives on their helicarriers to protect it from internal and external threats, shuttling agents back and forth in a way similar to the International Space Station. The fact that they didn't shows extreme naivete. If some soldiers die shuttling to or from the helicarriers, so be it: certainly an organization that wants to sacrifice the lives of 20 million to ensure the safety of 7 billion wouldn't mind losing an extra dozen, hundred, or even thousand human lives in the 'effort' to safeguard mankind. Sources: 1) http://www.ncsc.org... 2) http://qz.com... 3) http://www.census.gov... 4) http://usnews.nbcnews.com... *** 1. During the events that this debate centers around, HYDRA was a U.S.-based corporation. There are about 323,720,000 people in the U.S. (keep in mind this number is consistently rising so if you check my source there is a chance it may be insignificantly higher as the source shows not a fixed number of the population but the projected population at any given time). (3) 2. 63% of people in the U.S. are white (Hispanics do not count). (4) 3. 68% of white people have implicit biases. (2) 4. When you do the calculations, this means about 38,328,448 white Americans have implicit biases, or almost 12% of the population (11.84% to be exact). 5. This means at least 12% of HYDRA has implicit biases. The percentage is probably higher when you calculate implicit biases not held by white people and/or implicit biases that are not about black people/dark skin but about religion, sexuality, class, etc.