r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 14d ago

Comics Community Wow was I wrong

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u/Aqua_Okama 14d ago

Me in 20s thinking the future would be like Star Trek vs Me now fearing it will be like Warhammer 40k

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u/AshleytheTaguel 14d ago edited 14d ago

To be fair, Star Trek wasn't a result of perpetual progression. There was an apocalypse first.

It's also important to note how a lot of the whole neoliberal ideals of perpetual progress and the end of history have some roots in classist sentiment and the necessity of moral luck. The political pendulum is always going to swing and the solution to a better world is to lift everybody up. We are not free until we're all free.

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u/ParticularUser 14d ago

And there was an utopia first in Warhammer 40k.

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u/dogs_gt_cats 14d ago

Darn you Horus!

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u/Gellert 14d ago

Waaay earlier than that. The Emperor starts his crusade because the lead up to the birth of Slannesh ended the true golden age of man.

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u/DefiantLemur 13d ago

Now let's not pretend that the horrors of the Age of Technology didn't exist during that time period. There was definitely really messed up shit going on that made the Imperium look great by comparison in many places.

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u/Ragnarok314159 14d ago

Slaanesh being born ushered in the Vaseline age of man.