Has the Time Come to Say Farewell to Games Workshop & Warhammer？ ESG & Sinister Political Ongoings
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The time has come to say goodbye to Games Workshop. Has the time come for them to go "Woke"? Or is there a political agenda behind it? Or is it simply a bad business decision by a corporate giant? In this episode, I discuss the reasons why G&W has gone "woke" over the last few years, and why it's time to say farewell to one of gaming's most beloved brands.
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Has the time come to say farewell to Games Workshop?
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Now, perhaps you aren't familiar with Games Workshop,
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perhaps you aren't familiar with the Horus Heresy,
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Even if you aren't, I would still encourage you to
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because as we are all appreciators of Hermetic Wisdom,
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So you can use this example to analyze other similar happenings.
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So basically, I'm not going to go into all too much detail here,
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because we're going to get to the point relatively quickly.
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So anyway, Warhammer 4K, Warhammer Fantasy, even the Old World,
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it's gone increasingly woke over the last few years.
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but then they started immediately the first new novel,
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Yes, one would think that it's to cater to left-wing extremists,
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they probably flatter themselves by believing so themselves.
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But we can look at the major shareholders in Games Workshop.
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which rewards companies for being essentially woke,
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I don't mean someone who's concerned with working-class rights,
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and that basically means that it's easier for a company to get loans,
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And, of course, you have two ways to make money,
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or you can get loans from various institutions.
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you will have an easier time getting these loans.
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And to get a good rating here, to be trusted with loans,
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you have to implement certain policies, certain woke policies.
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So there is actually a quite brutal example of this.
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and I don't mind if a beer company goes bad for a beer company,
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So if you're a woman, you can drink beer, of course.
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And this is also something everyone needs to understand,
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that for many individuals, myself included, by the way,
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Your political mission is the most important thing,
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including the individuals who are behind this woke madness.
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So I don't think Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock,
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I don't think he really cares if Games Workshop loses customers.
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I really don't think he cares if Warhammer goes into something,
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transforms into something completely unrecognizable.
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I don't think any of these big investment firms care at all
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if a hobby such as Warhammer goes bankrupt even.
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I don't think they care. They have a political agenda behind it.
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And I can only say that for a businessman, a brand owner myself,
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I can only suppose it hurts a damn lot for these guys in Games Workshop
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to know that they have to butcher their brand to make female custoders,
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female space marines to transform their entire lore to accommodate
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I can only suppose it hurts because they have to do it.
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They're being bullied by bigger bullies in the playground to do certain things.
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And then they can of course comfort themselves with saying,
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oh, we do it for these individuals who want more inclusivity.
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we'll get to it, this thing with female representation.
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So Bretonnia, based on the Arthurian legend and medieval France,
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So they have enchantresses and sorceresses and stuff like that.
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So they are already, you know, a natural normal place for women in that particular faction.
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So this is also the same universe as the Horus Heresy, which I've recommended.
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So you have the Sisters of Silence, for example.
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So you have two female factions there fighting for the Imperium.
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There are already plenty of women to be found in both Fantasy and 40k.
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And I saw on Twitter yesterday something that illustrates left-wing mentality in the best possible way.
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And this goes for anything, really. We're only talking about Warhammer now,
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but you can use this as an example for everything, really.
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It brings me so much joy to know that you feel like all your favorite hobbies are being stripped away from you.
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You will never get what you think you had back, and that is hilarious.
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So this illustrates with perfect clarity the left-wing mindset.
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And now we're talking about something quite innocent as, you know, a hobby.
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We're talking about games, we're talking about books.
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But use this as an example to something bigger, something deeper, and you have a true danger on your hands.
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Believe me, you can look at the Bolshevik Revolution if you want further examples of this mentality coming into play.
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Then you have total chaos and carnage. Truly horrifying stuff.
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So this is the side who celebrates the wokeness of Warhammer.
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And meanwhile, us fans, been fans for over 20 years, we're of course quite sad seeing this happen.
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So then you might ask, Great Lion, what do I intend to...
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What is my course of action? Because I have, of course, I have recommended The Horus Heresy.
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I will finish reading The Siege of Terra, but after that I will not read any more Black Library books.
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Because, yeah, I don't want to be fed by all of this wokeness.
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And besides the quality of the books, the quality of the books, it has deteriorated.
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And, yeah, anyway, if you want to know more about The Horus Heresy, check out my video I made on the series.
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When it comes to the game itself, I played a lot of Warhammer Fantasy back in the day.
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I haven't played Age of Sigmar, I actually haven't played Warhammer 40k.
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So I play Warhammer Underworlds and I will, of course, continue to do so.
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But I will see if I continue to sponsor Games Workshop with my money.
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I'm sure most of the individuals in Games Workshop, they only want to, you know, develop good games,
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write good books, have a good fan base, have fun together.
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I mean, I've been in it for 20 years or something on and off.
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So it pains me to see that this fine company is being treated in this way and being forced probably against their will.
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Now, of course, I haven't talked to anyone in the leadership of Games Workshop.
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So I don't know. Perhaps they also agree with this.
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But I doubt that most of the truly passionate workers and fans and the management in Games Workshop,
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I don't think they appreciate what is going on.
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So anyway, that all being said, I will probably say farewell to the great world of Warhammer 40k and Horus Heresy
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But yeah, I can say Horus Rising, that book is still a masterpiece, will always be so.
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And even if I say farewell to Games Workshop now, I will still...
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The company and Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Old World, Horus Heresy, they will always have a place inside my heart no matter what happens now.
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And yeah, the good memories, the motivation, the German motivation, everything like that, it will always be with me.
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So thank you for all of these years of joy and inspiration to Games Workshop.
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And I say that in the most sincere way possible.
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And lastly, since we are on the topic, funnily enough, one of the most commonly asked questions I get,
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without exaggerating, it's actually what my favorite Primark is and what my favorite chapter is.
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So I'd say Sanguineous and the Blood Angels.
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So, all that being said, I wish you a Hithumos day ahead.
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