@HeerJeet Alternately: Imperial rulers' get too heavy-handed, and ongoing rebellion movement is taken over by religious fanatics: Star Wars.
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@HeerJeet Dune is a metaphor for the British in the Middle East? -
@manish_vij There is more than a little Lawrence of Arabia in the story. - Show replies
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Flaubert said, "if they had read Sentimental Education the Frano-German war could have been avoided." True of Dune & US mid-east policy
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@HeerJeet Are you trying to draw conclusions from fictional universe?
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@noahmccormack Meant to be provocative but the book is an object lesson in the dangers of co-opting revolution & turning it religious.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@noahmccormack Maybe Dune but maybe not the later books. There is something of Paul in George W. Bush.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@noahmccormack@HeerJeet You didn't need to read Dune to know invading Iraq was a bad idea. Plenty of real world precedents were available.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Dune is playing more with older genre fiction and charismatic leadership than it is actually doing this. -
@HeerJeet The Atreides aren't from Arrakis, and they have a lot of imperial favour. Paul "going native" is some Lawrence of Arabia stuff. - Show replies
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