[ExI] Xenophobic Memes

[Stuart LaForge]

Oops, wrong link. Here is the real link to the Littany Hate video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jHORvg8hOo

Stuart LaForge


On 2025-01-17 18:34, Stuart LaForge wrote:
> 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