Cecil is right, change my mind

I'm not entirely convinced Mark is in the right during his argument with Cecil. Invincible is a world that involves kaijus, earth monsters, demons, mad scientists, giants, and people who look quite unassuming but are easily capable of punching through brick walls and killing regular humans in an instant. Cecil's task was to defend the people of the world against all these threats that if weren't dealt with properly, could result in a catastrophic loss of life.

The GDA has their tanks and their jets, but what does that mean against even an Immortal tier superhuman? Very, very little. The best technology humanity has access to even in Invincible would be little more than a footnote if they didn't have superheroes to fight monsters like the ones Omniman killed. If the superhumans of the world decided it was time for the rest of humanity to go, there's nothing they can really do.

The only way to reliably defeat a superhuman or a kaiju is with another superhuman. However, having superhumans fight for the sake of good, but with little to no oversight is incredibly dangerous since effectively they would be almost impossible to police them by any conventional measure. If superpowers are wielded recklessly, you'll have people acting as judge, jury, and executioner, like with Oliver. The main difference is that people who misuse their power in the real world are still able to be policed, and if it really escalates, are still capable of being killed in the most extreme of circumstances. The most tyrannical political leaders or fanatical vigilantes are still not bulletproof.

Superhumans NEED to have some form of contingency against them, like kryptonite and Superman, or an anti mutant X gene device like from the Xmen. Regular mortal humanity in those circumstances is very justified in having those fears and countermeasures because once again, Superman and High level mutants are effectively immune to any physical repercussions if they step out of line. This means that they dont have any incentive to obey any moral code outside of the kindness of their hearts, which would be a sobering and terrifying feeling for a regular person in those worlds.

With that context, I would genuinely shit my pants if Mark was yelling at me. Cecil luring Mark into the white room was definitely a miscalculated escalation of the conflict, but I can't say I blame him. The fact that Cecil didn't activate the sound weapon until Mark verbally threatened and flew at him is a huge testament to Cecil's trust in Mark's stability. The sound weapon is the ONLY thing he and his team have that can disable Mark. What if Mark was mind controlled? Of if he wasn't but was just feeling especially angry and punches a building away without fully considering his strength?

All of this would have been true word for word BEFORE Omniman's betrayal. Now in addition to all those threats, there are now omnicidal, interstellar warlords who are eying the planet like a cat to a mouse. 2-3 viltrumites, or a sufficiently strong one like Conquest would be able to mow down every human civilization on the planet in less than a day, despite the strongest weapons the GDA can offer. Every action that Cecil takes to prepare for that outcome is warranted as long as he's not carving up babies for organ transplants. Enlisting the reanimen and darkwing into the GDA gives them useful backup incase the gaurdians are incapacitated.

I do side more with Cecil on this, but he's also a hypocrite. Cecil's comment about Mark not letting himself open to any viewpoint is hilarious since he seemingly can't fathom why mark would take it a tad personally that he would enlist Sinclair, and as a result he burned the relationship he had with one of the most powerful beings on the planet.

Cecil isn't a control freak, he's taking very reasonable measures to ensure that people who can flatten entire cities on a whim don't step out of line. We already have oversight for our law enforcement officers and military personnel in the real world, why not have it with superhumans?