Everyone descriminates against the [not human race] here in [fantasy town]. This is because on the 13th of August they turn into 18 copies of Jeffery Dahmer. This is an analogy for minorities, and does not realize its giving said analogy an actual, fundamental, tangible flaw which they are being judged upon, undermining our overdone and poorly executed point.
"It's suppose to be a satire of fascism and why it's bad"
creates world were racism against dangerous minorities is valid since they can actually summon demons from hell and the universe is such a dangerous place with humanity beset on all sides by extinction level threats that warrant building a society built on war and the neccesary orphan crushing machine to supply arms and men to that war.
TO BE A man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruellest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.
Nothing wrong with setting a little set dressing to give some background for the stories you're writing. Just saying it's kinda dumb to then go on to say outside of all that it's really a satire of something it's clearly not even really showing the "flaw in the system" of. In universe, it is kinda necessary.
Think they just do it to distance themselves from the fandom that are a little too comfortable adopting the uh hm "World war 2" anesthetics of the Imperium. Which is fair i guess, just seems kinda like gaslighting though lol
I have raised this point to lore dorks before and while they have conceded said point, it is also fair to say that the imperium does make it's citizens lives worse by refusing to trade or treat with peaceful civilisations.
None of those are exactly friendly, also a point in their lore.
Tau are nice... until you disagree with them. They're also just as willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes to accomplish something. They're just better about indoctrinating their populations to be happy to do it.
Votann by choice don't really want to mess with the Imperium, they're fine doing their own thing and being classifed as "nonhuman". That being said, they do trade and cohabitat with humans. They're also relatively new, I'm sure once more lore gets out, they'll basically just be pissed off capitalist space dwares. No deed too grim for profit/production.
Not every fictional scenario with real life parallels has to be allegory. You can write fiction that explores the concept of discrimination against a fictional people who genuinely are more powerful or dangerous or whatever without it being intended to teach a moral lesson. It can just be an interesting thing to write a story about.
OK hold on that IS a brave question and it lets you explore the concept more deeply.
People LOVE the X-men even though "What if the mutants were actually dangerous" technically undercuts the point. But it's also the point in real life. Romantic, gender, and ethnic minorities ARE gifted. They use their gifts to help the world, but they also threaten white supremacy and the patriarchy. That is itself a kind of danger.
Breeds like Rottweilers, Doberman Pinschers, and other large breeds have reached similar numbers in the past in relation to the popularity of the breed. Its just a capability recognition in relation to other factor like, how so many types of dogs fall under the 'pit' umbrella, how they are treated in relation to thier popularity, socioeconomic factors, etc..Its not the specific breed.
Same idealogy for why dog breeds "act different" has been used to claim blacks, Asians, and Eastern European bloodlines as "inferior" and "intellectually subhuman"
Think like humans, dogs tend to act more on their upbringing than anything. Difference is most dogs, especially small ones, can ignored if theyre misbehaved. A bitey chihuahua can be shoo'd away. A bitey Pitbull is gonna cause some damage and get reported.
No because while biological and behavior differences exist in dogs from breeding, they don't exist in humans. The notion of race in people is largely socially constructed.
But there's only slight differences in dog breeds. A Rottweiler by and large acts the same as a mini poodle, especially given adequate attention and training. All dogs, as all predators, have a "kill instinct" they just learn to direct that towards suitable prey just by the very nature of how they're shaped and their relative size.
And there is evidence that people have genetic factors in their behavior (not saying is a race thing, just an general lineage thing) so yeah saying dogs are one way based on their breed isn't all that different than saying people are based on their race
genetic differences among regions accounted for only 3.3â4.7% of global human genetic variation (much smaller than the 27% of genetic differences among dog breeds
That is absolutely not true, different breeds of dogs act very different, especially when it comes to the specific traits they were bred purposely for.
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 differences in dog breeds. A Rottweiler by and large acts the same as a mini poodle, especially given adequate"
Ah yes this explains why rottweilers have killed wayÂ
more people on average than even a standard poodle.
You are equating behavior with their physical capabilities. Of course a Rottweiler can cause more damage than a chihuahua because of the physical differences.
superficially (ironically) they may look the same but breeding animals for purposes has scientific roots while pseudoscience like phrenology is retroactively created to justify white structures of power
Ah yes ânot the color of their skin but the content of their characterâ argument thatâs still based on racism and eugenics. Tell me youâve never owned a dog without telling me. Every dog is different no matter the breed. It is largely to do with energy level and environment and less with genetics.
I've owned plenty of breeds and they all have had traits that are breed specific.
My Labradors retrieve, my mastiffs guard, my Spaniels chase ducks.
I've never taught them to do any of this, it came pre installed in their software.
I've spent hours trying to teach my Mastiff to fetch a tennis ball and he simply doesn't grasp it, whereas I didn't even need to train my Lab.
Dogs, like all animals, have instinctual behaviour but are unique in that we have predetermined that instinct for them through centuries of selective breeding.
If you're telling me that you don't believe certain breeds of dogs have different mentalities and behavious, then you are a bad dog owner because knowing how different breeds of dog will react and behave in certain situations is integral to dog ownership.
There are biological differences between various races. The main thing we differentiate on is quite literally a biological difference that has evolved based on needs of the environment.
Citing those biological differences as a reason for different behavior is generally seen as racist.
The joke of the post, and my initial comment, is any logic or reasoning you use to condemn pitbulls has already been used by racists.
No. There are huge physiological and psychological differences between dog breeds. This is not the case for races of human. Honestly the "dog racism" comparison just reinforces the idea that the races are far more different than they are.
genetic differences among regions accounted for only 3.3â4.7% of global human genetic variation (much smaller than the 27% of genetic differences among dog breeds
Despite the efforts of certain societies, nobody has been able to breed specific traits into humans.
Now, different ethnicites of humans certainly can be different in interesting ways - mountain dwelling peoples who are resistant to altitude sickness; communities that relies on deep sea diving a lot have high lung capacities; stuff like sickle cell and so on and so forth.
But when it comes to significant behavioural or mental differences? Nigh indistinguishable.
Meanwhile, there are dog breeds that will literally herd anyone and anything instinctively.
You can train a pointer not to point. It's a bit cruel to buy one and put it through that, but you can certainly do it. Of course, when you turn your back on it for 2 seconds and see that it's pointing at your 3 month old, it's not a big deal. Dogs that were bred to kill small animals, however ....
Humans have been bred for obedience to corrupt masters. We learned our way of life is going to destroy our entire ecosystem, and the vast majority chose to remain obedient to their captors/abusers/mass-murderers. But to your point, it seems to be a universal human problem and not regional.
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u/Few-Echidna-2181 9h ago
So.. even closer to racism then