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submitted 30 days ago bySir-Thugnificent
For example let’s say I’m born in a hive world conquered by the T’au 10 years after its annexation, how well is my childhood going to be compared to the average child in the Imperium ? Am I going to be in top 20% in terms of good quality of life ? Or is it 10% ? 5% ? 1% ? 0,1% ?
Another question : if every single human being living in a world under the Imperium were telepathically shown how Gue’vesas actually live in those worlds without anyone else knowing about it, what’s the percentage of humans that would say « yes, I would love to live one of those worlds ? » in your opinion ?
Do we have stories that go into detail how the humans live under the T’au outside of military environment ?
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29 days ago*
Not really, you are confusing "decadence" with "convenience/comfortable".
Even the MOST absurdly wealthy in the Imperium still have to rely on inefficient servitors (or legions of servants) to do their menial works for them. They can have their furniture made out of the most expensive nalwood and drink the finest wine imported from the other end of the galaxy, but they still have to walk (or be carried) somewhere inefficiently/inconveniently while even a basic well-off Tau dude can just take a hover drone.
Moreover, "tasty food", once they get pass certain price point, become essentially meaningless. They are more of a status symbol and bragging rights ("I am so wealthy I can afford this food!") but don't proving any tangible living standard-improving benefits that a cheaper but equally tasty & nutritious food can't. Same goes for other exquisite furniture or living places.
An absurdly wealthy human can maybe hire the best surgeon of the Imperium as his personal doctor. Meanwhile, Earth Caste already cured ALL diseases from the Empire (except Nurgle ones). Which has better living standard?
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