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So Games Workshop just published a "40k is satire, nazis pls leave" statement. What do you nerds think? (hexbear.net)
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Here's a link.

Does it fail as satire? Does this kind of thing work as good satire for specific people? Somebody explain.

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[–] 1 point 4 years ago (3 children)

It's very similar to the satire issues you get in Judge Dredd, it's like yea he's a fascist cop executing people for minor crimes but the world he is operating in is a crime-ridden hell hole so it's easier to see it as necessary. I think the take away here is that British people need to stop making post apocalyptic future fascist satire.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 years ago

    Dredd has outgrown his origins in a lot of ways. He's a product of Thatcherite England and so much of the banality and evil of the post-Reagan/Thatcher world has become completely normalized, so the satire doesn't hit the same.

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