The people in your concentration camp analogy have done no one any harm, yet they've been imprisoned and gratuitously tortured.
By contrast, the people Lex is holding on an ongoing basis have committed serious crimes; Moira is the only one I can think of who might not have been guilty of anything beyond abusing her daughter...at least, up until she sent Chloe to endanger Lex's life by running him off the road.
Moreover, I have seen no gratuitous torture of Lex's captives. He has tested them, certainly, and no doubt pressured some, when necessary, but not beyond reason; so far as I saw, he did nothing unreasonable to Moira. And there's been tagging and sampling of other mutants who were then immediately released (presumably these are the mutants who have not yet harmed anyone), but clearly these subjects are not badly hurt, either, since they're returned to their homes with no traumatic memories and, evidently, no lingering physical pain. Hardly torture. Admittedly, in Chloe's case, it seemed as if she were at least partially conscious during the sampling process, but she didn't strike me as being in physical pain, and I suspect her case was an anomaly, since no practical purpose would likely be served by deliberately keeping the test subjects awake, and Lex has never shown any inclination to pointless sadism. (It is possible that Chloe's particular mutation rendered the usual anaesthic ineffective.)
As for Lex's motivations, they seem perfectly clear to me, given everything he has seen and discovered in the course of the series. It is, of course, your prerogative to see them differently. Sorry to blow your mind.
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By contrast, the people Lex is holding on an ongoing basis have committed serious crimes; Moira is the only one I can think of who might not have been guilty of anything beyond abusing her daughter...at least, up until she sent Chloe to endanger Lex's life by running him off the road.
Moreover, I have seen no gratuitous torture of Lex's captives. He has tested them, certainly, and no doubt pressured some, when necessary, but not beyond reason; so far as I saw, he did nothing unreasonable to Moira. And there's been tagging and sampling of other mutants who were then immediately released (presumably these are the mutants who have not yet harmed anyone), but clearly these subjects are not badly hurt, either, since they're returned to their homes with no traumatic memories and, evidently, no lingering physical pain. Hardly torture. Admittedly, in Chloe's case, it seemed as if she were at least partially conscious during the sampling process, but she didn't strike me as being in physical pain, and I suspect her case was an anomaly, since no practical purpose would likely be served by deliberately keeping the test subjects awake, and Lex has never shown any inclination to pointless sadism. (It is possible that Chloe's particular mutation rendered the usual anaesthic ineffective.)
As for Lex's motivations, they seem perfectly clear to me, given everything he has seen and discovered in the course of the series. It is, of course, your prerogative to see them differently. Sorry to blow your mind.