I get the impression that most humans in 40k are fairly comfortable. It’s no utopia like Star Trek, but on the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid, they’re looking for love and belonging. Their physiological and safety needs are met. Sure war exists in the 40k universe, but for most humans it’s a very distant thing.
Maybe if you lived a full lifetime in a 40k universe there would be at least one disaster you had to deal with, that would be pretty awful. But, 5 minutes would be a piece of cake.
I think you underestimate how bad the mismanagement is.
You picked a ration off a corpse to feed your malnourished child? You’ve been sentenced to death for theft, to be carried out tomorrow. You have 20 words to appeal. The appeal will be processed in 6-9 months. If youre lucky enough that a planet-threatening disaster is occurring, you might have the sentence suspended so you get the opportunity to die on the front lines of said disaster.
Letting the emporer’s rations go to waste would probably result in the same outcome.
I get the impression that most humans in 40k are fairly comfortable. It’s no utopia like Star Trek, but on the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid, they’re looking for love and belonging. Their physiological and safety needs are met. Sure war exists in the 40k universe, but for most humans it’s a very distant thing.
Maybe if you lived a full lifetime in a 40k universe there would be at least one disaster you had to deal with, that would be pretty awful. But, 5 minutes would be a piece of cake.
I think you underestimate how bad the mismanagement is.
You picked a ration off a corpse to feed your malnourished child? You’ve been sentenced to death for theft, to be carried out tomorrow. You have 20 words to appeal. The appeal will be processed in 6-9 months. If youre lucky enough that a planet-threatening disaster is occurring, you might have the sentence suspended so you get the opportunity to die on the front lines of said disaster.
Letting the emporer’s rations go to waste would probably result in the same outcome.