What would Superman say to a villain like this?

[Castiel]

Say a new kryptonian one that was more of an average joe showed up on or was revealed to have been on earth for years and nobody knew it because he was living as a homeless person and when he started making his move he was initially helping people and doing what Superman was doing all the while coming off as more modest and slowly gaining the favor of the population using his superior intellect to heal the sick and dying. Eventually becoming more of a savior to the human race than even Superman to the point that he has everyone drinking his cool aid and has nations freely surrendering to him and submitting to his rule (which is really more of a form of government that removes class and keeps all humans under his thumb) and even turns the earth against Superman.

And in their confrontation this kryptonian says to Superman

"Do you know what your problem is Superman? You don't know what it's like to be down in the dirt to have nothing. You grew up on a farm raised in a nice quaint little town and when you got your powers you just decided to be a freaking hero but back on our home planet I wasn't any different than I am now I wasn't the most handsome or the most talented I suppose that's why my theories and ideas where often shoved aside or dismissed by the scientific community point is I know what it's like to have to build something from the ground up. Do you know how many humans die from disease because they don't have healthcare or how many children go missing leaving their parents broken? I do because I have actually lived amongst the humans I wasn't living on a nice little farm like you I've seen their pain their anguish I've seen them pray for a miracle I've seen them look up at the sky and ask God or even you why? Well guess what you don't hear them because you don't see these people as important you just punch bad guys in face and screw Lois Lane! You don't even know their names but I do! Thanks to me their will be no more disease and no more missing children I've done more for humanity in a few months then you have in years! So what if all I ask is for them to accept my guidance what has free will gotten humanity so far? I may not be the best but I'm the best chance humanity has before it drives itself into self destruction."

What would Superman say to such a villain and how would he handle him? Especially if this man was actually doing good for humanity him being removed would undo all that good despite him having committed crimes. I should also point out that this villain has a device that makes using the Phantom Zone impossible.

[Qwathings]

What makes him a villain if he's "doing good"?

[Castiel]

What makes him a villain if he's "doing good"?

He's turning the people against Superman and pretty much trying to steal everything Superman has. There's also the whole taking over the Earth albeit without force.

[Flash Gordon]

The Kents weren't wealthy at all. Clark does come from nothing.

[Castiel]

The Kents weren't wealthy at all. Clark does come from nothing.

That's not the kind of nothing I'm talking about I'm talking about dirt poor, raised by a single parent, barely able to pay the mortgage, and always worrying about foreclosure nothing. The Kents had a farm so they were probably well off.

[Qwathings]

He's turning the people against Superman and pretty much trying to steal everything Superman has. There's also the whole taking over the Earth albeit without force.

How is he taking control of the Earth? It seems like he's being given control, which isn't a crime.

Turning people against Superman isn't a crime either.

If this character is getting his way through mind control or deception, Superman will uncover this and expose him for the villain he is. But if this character is made up to be some kind of saintly savior that always does good and does nothing more than belittle Superman and accept the control that he's freely given, then he's not the villain.

[Castiel]

How is he taking control of the Earth? It seems like he's being given control, which isn't a crime.

Turning people against Superman isn't a crime either.

If this character is getting his way through mind control or deception, Superman will uncover this and expose him for the villain he is. But if this character is made up to be some kind of saintly savior that always does good and does nothing more than belittle Superman and accept the control that he's freely given, then he's not the villain.

Yes he is being given control it's what he's doing with that control that is the problem like eliminating rogue elements, brainwashing the youth all sorts of other stuff.

[Kurosawa]

That's not the kind of nothing I'm talking about I'm talking about dirt poor, raised by a single parent, barely able to pay the mortgage, and always worrying about foreclosure nothing. The Kents had a farm so they were probably well off.

That varies according to which version of Superman you are discussing. The longest lasting and most important version which is the Silver/Bronze Age version, the Kents sold the farm, bought a house in Smallville and bought a General Store, none of which they could really afford and the only reason it was financed was that the bank was counting on Clark to eventually pay off Jonathan's debts.

As for your scenario, it sounds like something that a person with hostility towards Superman as a character would come up with. Not that I am saying you feel that way, but it reads that way.

[Castiel]

That varies according to which version of Superman you are discussing. The longest lasting and most important version which is the Silver/Bronze Age version, the Kents sold the farm, bought a house in Smallville and bought a General Store, none of which they could really afford and the only reason it was financed was that the bank was counting on Clark to eventually pay off Jonathan's debts.

As for your scenario, it sounds like something that a person with hostility towards Superman as a character would come up with. Not that I am saying you feel that way, but it reads that way.

Sorry it wasn't meant to come off that way.