The Golden One - April 16, 2024


Has the Time Come to Say Farewell to Games Workshop & Warhammer？ ESG & Sinister Political Ongoings


Episode Stats

Length

9 minutes

Words per Minute

179.89285

Word Count

1,679

Sentence Count

119

Misogynist Sentences

10

Hate Speech Sentences

6


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Has the time come to say farewell to Games Workshop?
00:00:04.000 Now, perhaps you aren't familiar with Games Workshop,
00:00:07.000 perhaps you aren't familiar with the Horus Heresy,
00:00:10.000 with Warhammer 4K.
00:00:12.000 Even if you aren't, I would still encourage you to
00:00:14.000 listen to my profound insight in this video,
00:00:17.000 because as we are all appreciators of Hermetic Wisdom,
00:00:20.000 we know that as above, so below.
00:00:23.000 So you can use this example to analyze other similar happenings.
00:00:28.000 So basically, I'm not going to go into all too much detail here,
00:00:32.000 because we're going to get to the point relatively quickly.
00:00:35.000 So anyway, Warhammer 4K, Warhammer Fantasy, even the Old World,
00:00:40.000 it's gone increasingly woke over the last few years.
00:00:44.000 And now, why is this? You might ask.
00:00:46.000 And you can see many examples of this.
00:00:48.000 So when they revamped the Old World,
00:00:51.000 which I was excited for to begin with,
00:00:53.000 but then they started immediately the first new novel,
00:00:56.000 showing Bretonnian female knights.
00:00:59.000 And we'll get into this in a minute as well,
00:01:01.000 with female representation,
00:01:03.000 because it's absolutely not what it's about.
00:01:06.000 But first things first.
00:01:08.000 Why is Games Workshop suddenly going woke,
00:01:11.000 or suddenly, over the last few years?
00:01:13.000 Yes, one would think that it's to cater to left-wing extremists,
00:01:17.000 and the left-wing extremists,
00:01:19.000 they probably flatter themselves by believing so themselves.
00:01:22.000 But we can look at the major shareholders in Games Workshop.
00:01:26.000 And then we see a certain company, BlackRock.
00:01:29.000 Now, what does BlackRock do, you might ask?
00:01:32.000 Yes, they have a certain system in place,
00:01:35.000 which rewards companies for being essentially woke,
00:01:38.000 to use that terminology.
00:01:40.000 When I say woke, I mean extreme leftist.
00:01:43.000 You can use whichever term you want.
00:01:45.000 So when I say leftist, in this sense,
00:01:47.000 I don't mean someone who's concerned with working-class rights,
00:01:51.000 or anything like that.
00:01:52.000 We're talking about degeneracy, basically.
00:01:55.000 So, there is a thing called ESG,
00:01:57.000 and that basically means that it's easier for a company to get loans,
00:02:02.000 if they are also woke.
00:02:04.000 And, of course, you have two ways to make money,
00:02:07.000 or to gain money, rather.
00:02:09.000 So you have a loyal customer base,
00:02:11.000 or you can get loans from various institutions.
00:02:14.000 And if you have a high score of ESG,
00:02:17.000 you will have an easier time getting these loans.
00:02:19.000 And to get a good rating here, to be trusted with loans,
00:02:24.000 you have to implement certain policies, certain woke policies.
00:02:27.000 So there is actually a quite brutal example of this.
00:02:30.000 Perhaps you even remember.
00:02:32.000 Bud Light.
00:02:33.000 Now, I'm not a fan of beer at all,
00:02:35.000 and I don't mind if a beer company goes bad for a beer company,
00:02:39.000 because I don't think you should drink beer.
00:02:41.000 It's highly estrogenic.
00:02:42.000 So if you're a woman, you can drink beer, of course.
00:02:44.000 It can even be good for you.
00:02:45.000 But for a man drinking beer, not so good.
00:02:47.000 But even so, it shows how, you know,
00:02:50.000 a policy coming from one side,
00:02:52.000 it is damaging to the brand,
00:02:55.000 but they do it anyway because the politics,
00:02:57.000 it's more important than making money.
00:02:59.000 And this is also something everyone needs to understand,
00:03:01.000 that for many individuals, myself included, by the way,
00:03:05.000 money is not the most important thing.
00:03:07.000 Your political mission is the most important thing,
00:03:09.000 including the individuals who are behind this woke madness.
00:03:13.000 They put their own political principles,
00:03:15.000 they put that mission before any revenue.
00:03:18.000 So I don't think Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock,
00:03:21.000 I don't think he really cares if Games Workshop loses customers.
00:03:25.000 I really don't think he cares if Warhammer goes into something,
00:03:28.000 transforms into something completely unrecognizable.
00:03:32.000 I really don't think he cares.
00:03:34.000 I don't think any of these big investment firms care at all
00:03:36.000 if a hobby such as Warhammer goes bankrupt even.
00:03:42.000 I don't think they care. They have a political agenda behind it.
00:03:44.000 So that is something to keep in mind.
00:03:47.000 And I can only say that for a businessman, a brand owner myself,
00:03:51.000 I can only suppose it hurts a damn lot for these guys in Games Workshop
00:03:56.000 to know that they have to butcher their brand to make female custoders,
00:04:00.000 female space marines to transform their entire lore to accommodate
00:04:05.000 for these big investment bankers.
00:04:08.000 I can only suppose it hurts because they have to do it.
00:04:11.000 They have to play ball.
00:04:12.000 They're being forced.
00:04:13.000 They're being bullied by bigger bullies in the playground to do certain things.
00:04:18.000 And then they can of course comfort themselves with saying,
00:04:21.000 oh, we do it for these individuals who want more inclusivity.
00:04:25.000 But it's absolutely not what it's about.
00:04:28.000 And as I said in the beginning of this video,
00:04:30.000 we'll get to it, this thing with female representation.
00:04:33.000 So Bretonnia, based on the Arthurian legend and medieval France,
00:04:37.000 they already do have females.
00:04:39.000 So they have enchantresses and sorceresses and stuff like that.
00:04:43.000 So they are already, you know, a natural normal place for women in that particular faction.
00:04:49.000 We also have them in Warhammer 40k.
00:04:51.000 So this is also the same universe as the Horus Heresy, which I've recommended.
00:04:55.000 So you have the Sisters of Silence, for example.
00:04:58.000 And you have the Adepta Sororitas.
00:05:00.000 So you have two female factions there fighting for the Imperium.
00:05:03.000 So it's not about being inclusive to women.
00:05:06.000 There are already plenty of women to be found in both Fantasy and 40k.
00:05:11.000 But it's about them destroying things for us.
00:05:13.000 And I saw on Twitter yesterday something that illustrates left-wing mentality in the best possible way.
00:05:19.000 And this goes for anything, really. We're only talking about Warhammer now,
00:05:22.000 but you can use this as an example for everything, really.
00:05:24.000 So let's have a look.
00:05:25.000 And this person says,
00:05:26.000 It brings me so much joy to know that you feel like all your favorite hobbies are being stripped away from you.
00:05:32.000 You will never get what you think you had back, and that is hilarious.
00:05:36.000 So this illustrates with perfect clarity the left-wing mindset.
00:05:41.000 And now we're talking about something quite innocent as, you know, a hobby.
00:05:45.000 We're talking about games, we're talking about books.
00:05:47.000 But use this as an example to something bigger, something deeper, and you have a true danger on your hands.
00:05:53.000 So this is scary stuff.
00:05:54.000 Believe me, you can look at the Bolshevik Revolution if you want further examples of this mentality coming into play.
00:06:00.000 Then you have total chaos and carnage. Truly horrifying stuff.
00:06:04.000 So this is the side who celebrates the wokeness of Warhammer.
00:06:09.000 And meanwhile, us fans, been fans for over 20 years, we're of course quite sad seeing this happen.
00:06:14.000 So then you might ask, Great Lion, what do I intend to...
00:06:18.000 What is my course of action? Because I have, of course, I have recommended The Horus Heresy.
00:06:23.000 I will finish reading The Siege of Terra, but after that I will not read any more Black Library books.
00:06:29.000 Because, yeah, I don't want to be fed by all of this wokeness.
00:06:34.000 And besides the quality of the books, the quality of the books, it has deteriorated.
00:06:38.000 I'm very sad to say that.
00:06:40.000 And, yeah, anyway, if you want to know more about The Horus Heresy, check out my video I made on the series.
00:06:46.000 I also have a reading list for it.
00:06:48.000 When it comes to the game itself, I played a lot of Warhammer Fantasy back in the day.
00:06:52.000 I haven't played Age of Sigmar, I actually haven't played Warhammer 40k.
00:06:56.000 I have painted some models.
00:06:58.000 So I play Warhammer Underworlds and I will, of course, continue to do so.
00:07:02.000 But I will see if I continue to sponsor Games Workshop with my money.
00:07:06.000 I will probably not do so.
00:07:07.000 So, yeah, anyway, it's a bit of a tragedy.
00:07:09.000 I'm sure most of the individuals in Games Workshop, they only want to, you know, develop good games,
00:07:15.000 write good books, have a good fan base, have fun together.
00:07:18.000 Because it's a great hobby.
00:07:20.000 I mean, I've been in it for 20 years or something on and off.
00:07:23.000 And it has brought me a lot of joy.
00:07:25.000 So it pains me to see that this fine company is being treated in this way and being forced probably against their will.
00:07:32.000 Now, of course, I haven't talked to anyone in the leadership of Games Workshop.
00:07:35.000 So I don't know. Perhaps they also agree with this.
00:07:38.000 But I doubt that most of the truly passionate workers and fans and the management in Games Workshop,
00:07:46.000 I don't think they appreciate what is going on.
00:07:49.000 So anyway, that all being said, I will probably say farewell to the great world of Warhammer 40k and Horus Heresy
00:07:57.000 as soon as the Siege of Terra concludes.
00:07:59.000 But yeah, I can say Horus Rising, that book is still a masterpiece, will always be so.
00:08:04.000 And even if I say farewell to Games Workshop now, I will still...
00:08:08.000 The company and Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Old World, Horus Heresy, they will always have a place inside my heart no matter what happens now.
00:08:16.000 And yeah, the good memories, the motivation, the German motivation, everything like that, it will always be with me.
00:08:22.000 So thank you for all of these years of joy and inspiration to Games Workshop.
00:08:27.000 And I say that in the most sincere way possible.
00:08:31.000 And lastly, since we are on the topic, funnily enough, one of the most commonly asked questions I get,
00:08:37.000 without exaggerating, it's actually what my favorite Primark is and what my favorite chapter is.
00:08:42.000 So I'd say Sanguineous and the Blood Angels.
00:08:45.000 So, all that being said, I wish you a Hithumos day ahead.
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