So the new novel "Dark Imperium" raises the issue of knowledge about Chaos...

>Well, currently every single world in the Imperium have witnessed the power of Chaos
I don't know what this chaos business you're on about is but it sounds like you mean that great rift in the sky. That is, of course, the Emperor's punishment unto his people for not being faithful enough.

This.

They would be much less likely to turn from the Emperor voluntarily or have anger against him if even they knew he had done everything he could for them.

>YOU ARE MANKIND
>YOU ARE STRONG
>THE GALAXY IS YOURS
>but don't look in the closet cause there's a monster and it will eat you like marshmallows

>the emperor was just a parent from the 50s

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No, Lorgar. That's not what I ffffffuckkkkk you Lorgar.

>too autistic to have a normal family life
the kids needed a momperor

That's some fine platitude, and I understand what you're trying to argue. But real life is neither logical nor rational, and keeping people from knowing about things is literally the best way to protect them from it.

The problem comes when you can't actually keep someone from learning about something.

Teaching celibacy can't work because kids still know sex exists simply by teaching them about celibacy, and want to try it because its mysterious. If you could somehow remove the concept of sex from the pool of human knowledge, you would have zero teen pregnancies.

I think that was the direction in thought that GW authors were aiming when they had Emps make that decision. That was ultimately the intrinsic character flaw in a "god", was that he was still ultimately a man trying to lead other men, and man is fallible.

Self-imposed ignorance isn't any worse than actual ignorance, in a vacuum.

For example, Magnus was essentially taught celibacy. He knew the warp was a thing, but was forbade from fucking with it without explanation beyond, "It's bad!". Since he already knew about the warp, the only solution was detailed education on what it was and why he shouldn't fuck with it.

There's also some throwaway line in the fluff (or the previews) about every world in the Imperium experiencing conflict of some sort.
I mean, yes, *some* of those conflicts could theoretically not involve Chaos, but seeing how Chaos could really use some love right now, I assume if you asked GW, it's all Chaos.

Is that a desirable outcome?
Like, is there a nice, usable gray area in between 'Emperor is perfect and did nothing wrong' and 'Emperor is a goddamn fuckup'?

There is no reason not to have the Emperor be objectively or at least justifiably correct in the eyes of his people and sons, rather than blind religion or as is right now "Why didnd't he WARN US!"

Instead of "I wish I listened to dad. He was right all along."

We might have a lot less or at least less zealous rogue primarchs if they knew he was right because he fucking told them so, rather than kept them in ignorance.