Frank Herbert was a Republican speechwriter and related to (and supporter of) Senator Joe McCarthy.https://twitter.com/AntonJaegermm/status/1439953193950142466 …
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Dune's politics are closer to Greek statue twitter than to Brooklyn DSA twitter, just everything that has happened since 1965 has scrambled the imagery
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Replying to @marwood_lennox @amendlocke
Hmm. I think it might be useful to distinguish between Frank Herbert's politics and Dune's politics.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @marwood_lennox
Always, but (if I remember the first 2 books) Dune's politics are somewhat conservative. Galactic Byzantium meets the jihad? Hmm.
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Replying to @amendlocke @marwood_lennox
Jihadis were American allies during Herbert's lifetime!
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