Maybe all of the 40k factions are fascist and that universe’s lore has no dialectic of class struggle and is to violent to be realistic, thus serves as part of the superstructure for fascism.
it reinforces the idea that the conflict between tribes will always supercede the conflict between classes. It’s wrong on so many levels.
Hit the nail on the head here. At it’s core, Warhammer is, and has always been, a product of British liberals and it shows.
Popular uprising against cruel and malevolent oppression? Sike, it’s a chaos cult/genestealers/plot by a rival oppressive group. A civilization achieves post-scarcity? Sike, it devolves into mindless hedonism, casual cruelty and arrogance that would make bourgeoisie blush. Endless war? “Well that’s just human nature, coz humans suck lol”. On and on and on.
Maybe all of the 40k factions are fascist and that universe’s lore has no dialectic of class struggle and is to violent to be realistic, thus serves as part of the superstructure for fascism.
it reinforces the idea that the conflict between tribes will always supercede the conflict between classes. It’s wrong on so many levels.
Hit the nail on the head here. At it’s core, Warhammer is, and has always been, a product of British liberals and it shows.
Popular uprising against cruel and malevolent oppression? Sike, it’s a chaos cult/genestealers/plot by a rival oppressive group. A civilization achieves post-scarcity? Sike, it devolves into mindless hedonism, casual cruelty and arrogance that would make bourgeoisie blush. Endless war? “Well that’s just human nature, coz humans suck lol”. On and on and on.