It's more like "call for people looking for a land of opportunities and a better life to try their luck in Doofania and colonize the New World". From then, it's pretty much exactly the same process as the birth of America as a nation: colonists developing more nationalistic sentiment toward their new home than their old one.
I will point out that Doof provides free food and shelter to all within his domain. That is more than the US has ever done.
Thats a lot more fair, yeah. I still don't know if the Feds will like it though
Also to add to that, world is currently kinda past the whole colonization and migration phase currently. I'm sure there'll be a few thousand volunteers, but it really wouldn't be massive, and you'd imagine refugee crisis from Midwest going oof is already solved enough already. Unless we start importing migrants from more unfortunate parts of the world, but that's a can of worms nobody should touch in this quest. I'd rather promote as achievement of scientific brilliance, solution to overpopulation and resources problems and yadda yadda, at least in terms of PR and income for us if we announce it. In terms of practical use for this topic, the only thing that really comes to mind is setting it up as refugee escape for our people and population in case of things going horribly horribly wrong. Like certain triangular tophat wearer as an example. Of course, it won't stop Bill from following if he wanted, but there are plenty of threats without him.
Pettiness, love for our daughter, and a lot of trauma. Also, trying to become a better person with friends who will challenge us, which is a canon possible path for Doof.
We haven't really engaged with much pettiness either.
Doof isn't giving up the Tri-state Area. DEI still owns the majority of business in the area, is the major employer locally, has robots in the police force and tells city hall what to do.
None of those are true. Those are all extremely surface level traits, but look at the end of the TV Show where Doof retires from evil to teach in school, and at that scene in last day of summer where he's just enjoying muffins with Perry, Vanessa and Norm. Doofensmchirtz is not beyond character development, and has in fact already started down the same road, thanks to the help of some well-meaning employees.
That's the thing, Doof is not a joke. Or if he is, he's a lethal joke. He's not capable despite his various neuroses, he's capable because of his various neuroses. They're what allow him to pull off the frankly impossible shit he constantly does.
Doof is not beyond character development, it's true. But his character development was him realizing that he didn't want to/have to be evil, not him realizing that he's too ineffective at evil and needs to be evil in a more socially-conforming way because he cannot possibly succeed at his objectives. His character development should be in the direction of being a happier person, not a more normal one.
I don't know about everyone else, but for me personally, definitely not this. Hell, I don't know if the QMs would actually allow us to do this, but once Doof starts being more sane and less evil, I'd love to see him doing something to give all his employees an actual stake in DEI, instead of reaping all the profits himself. Or, idk, become a key component of lobbying for civil rights of marginalized groups. I think there are a lot of things for Doof to do, outside both mindless capitalist accumulation, and outside of being evil in a way which doesn't fundamentally satisfy him.
Sure, that's a nice thing to do, but half-hearted lobbying for civil rights isn't the goal of a great villain. Good, compelling villains are defined by their obssessions. An overarching drive that motivates them to go further, to do things that no normal man would think to do. Xanatos has immortality, Janus has 'turn people into lizards', Jumba has pure chaos. Even if you just want capitalism (looking at you Glomgold), it has to be the most capitalism. You gotta have an obssession, otherwise you just end up a boring real-life CEO, who talks a good game about civil rights while still sitting at the top of the inequality pile.
But that's the thing, isn't it? Doof has never been a compelling villain, not really. Sure, we can pity and like him, but I doubt anyone has ever felt compelled by Heinz Doofenshmirtz. I don't even think being a villain is necessarily what we want, since it doesn't really make Doof happy. What made him happy about being a villain, I'd argue, was his relationship with Perry, first and foremost.
I agree the idea isn't very compelling, especially on its own. We are a learning focused entity first and foremost. If we become a cooperative, we'll have to play it safe instead of risky because people wouldn't want to do risky stuff. If we go public, we'll need to focus on short-run profits over long-run. We're best as a private corporation where we can choose our risk level and time horizon as we please.
