Holy Emperor
Just these two words alone are of the most supreme irony for two reasons. One:
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In a scenario by Sunrise and CLAMP, the US becomes the Holy Britannian Empire ruled by Charles zi Britannia. Now, whilst even Stevie Wonder could have seen that another Charles who was Prince of Wales - a part of Britain - would ultimately become monarch, in the mid-2000s nobody would have predicted the reason why there have been ‘No Kings’ protests around two decades later. And two:
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Anyone could have seen the above coming from three thousand miles away: certainly in my neck of the woods. Why? Whilst a certain company is now even more worldwide than a certain actual empire which existed up to just after WWII, there are those ‘Over the Pond’ who have forgotten where Games Workshop originated (and where their main HQ is today) and as far back as 1987, certainly WH40K’s Emperor of Mankind:
Britain.
The first hates hypocrisy. The second used by those who are the ultimate hypocrisy.
And not just because the 2nd Emperor was very much anti-religion and would have hated a cult built around him.
But at least the one who posted the 2nd pic says this:
Just thinking about how Trump supporters have spent years referring to Trump as "God Emperor" as a riff on the Emperor of Mankind from Warhammer 40k and how in the actual story the Emperor is a rotting living corpse kept in power to maintain a crumbling fascist hegemony
I refer said Trump supporters to that Tweet, and the 2nd pic posted via Broderick:
And how that Golden Throne is starting to fail.
Said Tweet is from 2020, incidentally…!