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Did you think Light was the hero when you watched it the first time? He's a teenage kid who suddenly gets way too much power, thoroughly abuses it, then starts killing innocents to avoid the consequences of his own actions. Even if his first few kills were literal supervillains, there is no justice in a world where Light decides who lives or dies.
Your idea of a revolutionary undermining the system is also an interesting story idea, but it's a very different story idea.
It really is the anime Starship Troopers.
True, I think both take advantage of our inherent bias to pick the side of the main characters and then push and push into the dark side until you have to admit that maybe they are the bad guys after all. Catching onto it after 10 episodes or on the second viewing isn't a fundamental difference in that regard.
I only liked that show because of the power fantasy aspects. Looking back it's cringe AF.