[ExI] Xenophobic Memes

[Stuart LaForge]

Warhammer 40,000 which began in the 80s as miniatures wargame by a 
company in the UK with an elaborate canon or "lore" to become what seems 
like a cultural phenomenon with movies, video games, an Amazon series, 
and an incredible plethora of fan art of all types. The premise of 
Warhammer 40K is that in the 41st millenium, the Imperium of Mankind 
spans a million worlds and is ruled by a Council of Lords. The Imperium 
is a theocracy that worships the Emperor of Mankind, a very powerful 
psychic that has been in a coma for thousands of years and kept alive by 
advanced life support and human sacrifice while he serves as a psychic 
beacon called the Astronomicon that enables starships piloted by a guild 
of psychic navigators to always sense the direction and distance to Holy 
Terra, the capital of the Imperium. Because the Imperium is so large and 
spread out, it is at perpetual war with every space faring civilization 
in the universe. The Imperium has bioengineered transhuman super 
soldiers soldiers called Astartes or space marines. Because humanity is 
beset by enemies on all sides, the Imperial religion preaches hatred and 
intolerance for xenos, a derogatory for any non-human intelligence, 
mutants, and heretics.

Here is a music video inspired by the franchise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQK3J1CNgG4&list=RDMM&start_radio=1&rv=6jHORvg8hOo

The video features the Adepta Soritas, essentially warrior-nuns that 
worship the Emperor, fighting against the Necron which are an 
ancient-race of uploaded alien beings that hate all biological life. The 
song itself is called "The Litany of Hate". In light of rise of AI, and 
Keith Henson's views on Evo Psych, I just thought it was a curious time 
for this particular franchise with its xenophobic humanist philosophy to 
become so popular, especially amongst women.

Stuart LaForge