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  • live in an impenetrable fortress from which they launch raids on the innocent, never suffering the consequences of the evil they commit
  • ⁠ruled by the most cruel and decadent amongst them, but don’t do anything about it because they dream of being on top of the horrific pyramid of torture and pain one day
  • ⁠innately cruel and horrific society where seeing others suffer is the only source of pleasure
  • slavers
  • violence is the only language they understand
  • sense of racial superiority
  • ⁠entire sectors of society dedicated to coming up with evil and sadistic weaponry with which to commit war crimes
  • hopelessly addicted to drugs of all kinds
  • complete lack of compassion
  • ⁠piracy
  • ⁠love to torture
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[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This interpretation is so on point that even the franchise's only canon example of a socialist polity (Gothrul's Needle) is meet with Jakarta-style methods by local imperial authorities instead of what Nazis would do, which is drop Cyclonic torpedoes on a socialist Hive and kill everyone

They manage the Great Numerologia, a voting system that involves the hive's eighty-eight million citizens in decision-making on a wide range of issues. This system is facilitated by spider-legged servitors controlled by a central 'mother' servitor. Despite its intent to ensure broad participation, the system is prone to manipulation by House Delaque and possibly Van Saar itself. However, the bureaucratic complexity often renders such efforts ineffective

As an aside, 40K Cybersyn is one of the funniest pieces of lore I've ever come across

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

This system is facilitated by spider-legged servitors controlled by a central 'mother' servitor.

40K Cybersyn

Spidersyn

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