T'au are certainly communist-coded and by the far the most benevolent faction and i will die defending them from the lies of imperials. "Mind control pheromones"? Lies. Just like imperialists in real life couldn't explain most everyone who came in contact with communists becoming communists in China, so they made up the term "brainwashing" to explain how they were mind-controlling people into communism. It's the same trope.

T'au allow their subjects to live good and fruitful lives, encourage harmony and diversity, encourage peace, and don't create warp gods. It's a real thinker why their subjects obey the ethereal leadership when they've delivered W after W for centuries and advanced them faster than any known other species.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There was also some bit of lore that while Ethereals were tweaked genetically by some unknown Eldar faction as experiment in creating effective force to counter chaos, they do not have any secret puppetmasters behind them. Tau are honest and they are what they appear to be.

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I also think one of the authors also made heavily implies the tau chemically castrate entire planets. That just doesn't seem like their vibe to me.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago

I wonder if that was Goto or Kyme again, those two seems to be Black Templars with how much hate boner for xenos they have. Anyways, that sterilisation bit was specifically retconned because it indeed goes against Tau lore.

[–] goferking0@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Haven't they also been adding in things to make them seem as bad as the others as people started to like them more?

I'm no where knowledgeable about 40k just know the T'au are the actual smart/improving civilization