It could be as simple as a lot of MAGA chuds also liking how “based” the Galactic Empire seemed, and attributing all “based” things to their (their words not mine) “God Emperor.”
It’s funny they reference 40k so much because the Emperor was a reddit atheist that banned religion. He’s only considered a “god emperor” because he failed to predict which of his son’s would betray him that made him half-dead and sitting on a throne nasogastrically consuming the souls of his dead citizens to stay alive.
Many such cases of them not even reading the wikis of the treats they consume.
Except Reddit Atheists don’t have empirical proof that god-like beings that feed on human belief actually do exist, which makes the Emperor even worse. He literally made a Faustian bargain with those same Chaos Gods to create the Primarchs in the first place but thought that he could just keep their existence a secret.
The Empire has a such a nazi feel to it I guess I could see how they missed that.
The nazis were inspired by the US and immediately incorporated into their institutions after nazi germany’s failure.
That’s true, but aesthetically the Empire doesn’t really evoke the USA. Avatar succeeds better in that way
All powerful empire that tells everyone else what to do - or else - evokes the US to everyone that’s not in the US.
I agree, but those aren’t aesthetic qualities. Those are material relations.
You could make a case for their space ships evoking the appearance of a carrier group, which is emblematic of US empire.
If you want average people in America to draw the connection, it’s more effective to make the aesthetics obvious.
all the imperial guys have british accents, not american accents
It’s easy not to notice when you just feel at home.
I still remember when MAGA chuds in places like Fox News whined about Rogue One being “anti-Trump propaganda.”
That was an amazing self-own.
Wait what they seriously though Rogue One was anti-Trump? How did they get to that logical leap?!
It could be as simple as a lot of MAGA chuds also liking how “based” the Galactic Empire seemed, and attributing all “based” things to their (their words not mine) “God Emperor.”
It’s funny they reference 40k so much because the Emperor was a reddit atheist that banned religion. He’s only considered a “god emperor” because he failed to predict which of his son’s would betray him that made him half-dead and sitting on a throne nasogastrically consuming the souls of his dead citizens to stay alive.
Many such cases of them not even reading the wikis of the treats they consume.
Some do; those ones just see the Imperium’s mass-murdering death cult as “based” too.
“Omg so awesome my big chungus space marine killed millions of innocents! I can’t wait to spend 1000s of dollars on figurines! So based!”
When I play 40k, I get a lot more pleasant non-chuddy vibes from fellow gits among da Orkz.
my dude didn’t even read the evil overlord list
Except Reddit Atheists don’t have empirical proof that god-like beings that feed on human belief actually do exist, which makes the Emperor even worse. He literally made a Faustian bargain with those same Chaos Gods to create the Primarchs in the first place but thought that he could just keep their existence a secret.