The Most Propagandized People On Earth

Tbh, the satire in 40K (and satire in general) seems harder to distinguish from life in the West the longer I live.

3,000 a day at the peak, literally 9/11 every day for the Denny's to stay open.

thousand people are killed daily to keep travel in entire galaxy safer

100+ die every day (on average) in US traffic accidents (42,795 for 2022)

The propaganda runs so strong that even leftists living in the imperial core are prone to it.

I am from a country where the pictures of the dear leader are plastered everywhere. The vast majority of us despite “Nationalism” being a subject we are taught in school wouldn’t take a bullet for the dear leader. We will fight for our country but not the monarch. I expect true-believer monarchists to be less than 1% of the population. Most people won’t rise up to keep the peace and stability not because they are infinitely loyal.

I have no reason to think it is any different elsewhere. People will stand by the leader to defend their country and maintain the peace and stability but not out of blind love or devotion.

Yeah, I thought it was odd that they’d take a dig at the DPRK, but at this point what do we expect?

I also interpreted that on first reading. But I'm guessing it was a figure of speech, like what a typical westerner would say

Same reason people keep referring to DPRK as North Korea, it's a result of decades of western propaganda. DPRK along with Cuba have been hands down the biggest targets of US propaganda because they remain as the closest analogs of USSR today. They utterly reject capitalism and don't even make an attempt to make any concessions to the west.

Is it a misleading translation of Korean honorifics or official titles

Thats what I've always assumed. Its a major tactic I've seen in reporting on China and the CPC, so i assume they'd use the same to the DPRK.

In the US politicians and officials (without a military rank) are formally refered to as "the honorable" so and so. Imagine how the US would spin that formality if it as used officially by a designated enemy. The average person in the US doesn't say that or would ever use it, but imagine the propagannda of saying Americans "their love their 'honorable leader.'"

Many (most?) countries have a prime minister. We're very used to hearing those words in conjunction, but if you just tell people it's a ridiculous phrase, then prime minister, supreme leader, dear leader, etc, are interchangeable in meaning and grandeur. Since you're translating from another language, it's up to you which variation to translate to.

I’ll gladly take a bullet for Abu Obeida

Stalin our father 💞

I will add to the pile and say there are many socialist leaders i would die for.

I mean, i would more broadly be dying for them as an instrument of delivering a better chance for my loved ones and myself and my surroundings. I would die to keep an integral cog of the machine of good running, i wouldnt die for a celebrity for the sake of them being a celebrity.

Silly tankie, have you never heard of The Burger King?

Wouldn't die for Stalin or Mao, smdh.