User blog comment:Lune Crackham/Is the Emperor of Mankind really a hero?/@comment-27793866-20170422143219

The question here is, would you consider the Emperor as a hero? It depends on your perspective and how you define a hero. Now we all know the Emperor in all his might, beloved of all, wasn't really perfect. But we can't discount the fact that in his own way, all his actions and all his plans were for the betterment of thee human species as a whole. For me, I wouldn't say he was a hero, but he was a great man with a great vision for humanity. Unfortunately due to his special circumstances, he was so far removed from mankind that he had difficulty understanding the very people he wished to save. He often forgot that how he saw things weren't really the same with how his subjects saw them. He knew of the existence of the Chaos Gods, so in his own way, he was promulgating a belief system that would deny the Chaos Gods of their main source of power. Imagine a galaxy united under one purpose, and denying the existence of the supernatural, focused only on scientific advancement and achievement. In a galaxy like that, the Chaos Gods would be cut-off and in a few generations/millenia they would weaken upto the point that the Emperor himself could probably contain them, not destroy them, but contain them. The religious views of the Adeptus Mechanicus on the other hand seems like, well, something that could bring the argument down but if say the whole of humanity embraces the Imperial Truth, what do you think would happen to the Adeptus Mechanicus, or more importantly their usefulness? A progressive society that embraces science would not be dependent on the Adeptus Mechanicus wouldn't it? I think chances are people who embrace the Imperial Truth would possibly reach or rediscover the secrets of the Dark Age of Technology, or better yet, improve their current levels of technology without being hampered down by machine spirits and all those rituals the tech priests of Mars are so adamant on performing. We all know how ruthless the Emperor was, when it came to factions that have outlived their usefulness and turn into threats to his visions, what does he do? He destroys them, case in point, the Thunder Warriors, when Unity was achieved and all the necessary data was collected regarding genetic information and superhuman transformation and what not, well the Thunder Warriors were purged by both the Custodians and the Legiones Astartes. Angron, uhmmm, from a pragmatist's point of view, what the Emperor did with Angron makes perfect sense. Hahaha, I'm sorry, but it's true. In Angron the Emperor had a weapon, a weapon he could wield, in those days when the goal was to reunify mankind and purge all those who could not or would not be turned, xenos, mutants, renegades as well as factions that could be a source of conflict in the future, well there was one clear  solution, extermination and Angron fit the bill. The Emperor knew there was nothing more he could do for his son, research on Angron yielded a death sentence for him. There was no saving him, the Butcher's Nails were not designed for a Primarch and because of that, removal of them would result in the death of Angron. For the Emperor this would be a terrible waste of the asset that was Angron, so what did he do? Gave him a Legion forged from his genetic material, fleet and military assets as well as the authority to pretty much destroy anything in his path. He knew his son was a maniac, but the rationale here was, he had a dying son who was a maniac but whose utility and usefulness would be better spent pursuing his dream until Angron can contribute no more. Again, can you say he is a hero? No, but he was and will always be a man of conviction and  a man with a vision. Of course all of this is how i understood the information posted here on this site, i just added my two cents in, and well bro, tried to answer your question. Hahaha its ok if you and I have different opinions. Ok kidding aside, to summarize it, the Emperor was a man so above man with no moral compass or understanding of the mortal psyche but believed in one vision for Mankind, and would have done everything in his power to achieve it without care for whatever his detractors and naysayers might say. Cheers! Ave Imperator! Ave Terra!