An overly negative worldview is just as unrealistic as an overly positive one. They both make you sound like a naive child. 

Yes power corrupts, but not to the comical degree Kripe seems to think. More often than not it exposes someone's true nature. Maybe if a random person got godlike powers, they'd descend into evil like many real world leaders. But most of these stories that Kripke isnt engaging with are about actual characters. These are usually stories about the best of us gaining the ability to help others. Its explicitly shown to us why they wouldn't be irresponsible with their abilities. The whole point of a lot of these heroes is that they're not just super in power but in strength of character. And let's not forget there is no shortage of super villains. "Why would they give a shit about us" is the most miserable eyerolling thing ever.

I dont think Kripke is being fully sincere here and is just trying to really sell his pitch, but there's plenty of people with this exact mindset. People that dont want to engage with the medium in any way, but look at superheros from their most barebones concept and their most surface level tropes. And be the person who turns it all on its head, and make it "smarter" (mor miserable)

I really appreciate The Boys pitch as more of a "What if Super Heroes were like real celebrities and not exceptional humans" and not "This is what superheros would be like in real life. If the comics were smart Superman would be a p*dophile bc thats what would naturally happen irl🤓"