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"Which fictional universe would you rather live in?"
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And on the opposite side we have "I'd rather be human trafficed into a nazi concentration camp than spend even 5 minutes in the universe of Warhammer 40K."
I'm sorry, like, I would choose 5 minutes in Warhammer 40K versus the Nazi death camps.
My overweight native ass would be tortured to death over the period of several months, whereas five minutes in Warhammer 40k, like maybe I catch a stray bullet, maybe I get gang raped by orcs, but more than likely I survive, and I'm relatively unharmed.
Based on what I know, 99% of humans live in hive worlds and will never see conflict. The stories, the wars? Galaxy wide - like just looking at a map of the galaxy and how long space travel takes? Not just the warp traitors, but orks and Nids with their "proper" propulsion? The worst most humans will face is Darktide-style incursions of rot under a hive, and even then the upper levels may not even be aware of such.
The far and wide galaxy of Warhammer may certainly not be good, as theres settings like Star Trek where no matter where you go youre rocking a good time - but idk the worst most humans have to deal with is god-aweful mismanagement and ineffective government of the hive, maybe a Mechanicus comes to town and calls people "pre-servitors" for awhile and then fucks off back to Mars. The cities are beautiful when they're not on fire. Chances of being born to a mundane non-hellscape and living and dying with nothing happening are pretty good tbh
I get the impression that most humans in 40k are fairly comfortable. It's no utopia like Star Trek, but on the Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid, they're looking for love and belonging. Their physiological and safety needs are met. Sure war exists in the 40k universe, but for most humans it's a very distant thing.
Maybe if you lived a full lifetime in a 40k universe there would be at least one disaster you had to deal with, that would be pretty awful. But, 5 minutes would be a piece of cake.
I think you underestimate how bad the mismanagement is.
You picked a ration off a corpse to feed your malnourished child? You've been sentenced to death for theft, to be carried out tomorrow. You have 20 words to appeal. The appeal will be processed in 6-9 months. If youre lucky enough that a planet-threatening disaster is occurring, you might have the sentence suspended so you get the opportunity to die on the front lines of said disaster.
Letting the emporer's rations go to waste would probably result in the same outcome.