Sadly, as iconic as the space marine outfit is, the space marines are basically the wehrmacht. They’re overwhelmingly fascist and normalizing fascism in the minds of young people. At least that is how i view it.
The Imperium is a parody like everything in warhammer, but yes I do agree it might have a negative effects on the younger ones. The Warhammer community is sadly also home to real fascists.
Exactly. Thanks. I did play warhammer a lot in my youth and the amount of fascists who are easily rallied by stuff like this is insane. I remember when we played it was an all white boys loser club and a lot hat very, very bad ideas of race and other nonsense. I wont exclude myself from that as I grew up heavily influenced by nationalist people in my neoghborhood. But I got out and started reading, most dont.
Reading theory is our duty too, as it is introducing others. Just as we got “saved”, so can others. Unironically, talking about how bad the universe is in warhammer and how badly people have it there, despite how almost comically exaggerated it is at times, has helped me making people open their eyes to how bad the current world we live in is, and how those methods they so clearly see as bad in warhammer are exact copies of what goes on irl, just with a coat of gothic sci-fi. If Warhammer is the reason people radicalise, so be it
It’s just a fantasy universe. The entire premise is nonsensical and outlandish. I wouldn’t spend too much time worrying about. I mean there are Nazis that also love Pokémon too. Doesn’t matter the game or it’s content, Nazis and other losers will always be around to try and spoil it. Just go look at all th clueless Fallout fans that love capitalism.
Rad. Praise the Proletariat!
