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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      10. Important to understand counterinsurgency used not just in Vietnam but in Middle East (Aden) & throughout developing world

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      11. So in "Dune" we have a imperial conflict over a desert planet which has resource (spice) essential for human civilization.

      1 reply 7 retweets 19 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      12. Good guys are the House Atreides (=Greeks=Wester Civilization) with warriors like Duncan Idaho (i.e. America)

      1 reply 7 retweets 25 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      13. Bad guys are Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (=Slav), Emperor Shaddam IV (=Arabs), Dr. Yueh (=Asian).

      2 replies 5 retweets 22 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      14. So in trying to keep crucial resource in hands of Western Civilization, Paul Atreides goes native like Lawrence of Arabia,

      4 replies 8 retweets 26 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      15. Even before House Atreides arrives, there is already an ongoing anti-colonial revolt on Arrakis with collectivist goal (greening planet)

      1 reply 5 retweets 15 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      16. So what Paul Atreides was doing was using religious mumbo-jumbo to co-opt a popular revolution, bringing it back under elite control.

      4 replies 9 retweets 32 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      17. As a consequence of the successful religious counter-insurgency program of Paul Atreides, a galactic jihad is unleashed.

      2 replies 5 retweets 23 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      18. Resource war on desert hinterland, where religion is used to defeat rival powers & co-opt popular uprisings, leading to jihad. Familiar?

      1 reply 8 retweets 34 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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      19. One interesting thing about Frank Herbert is that he was deeply divided about core themes of his "Dune" novels.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015

      20. The exaltation of Paul Atreides as superman/messiah is undercut in sequels to Dune, although never totally. Herbert ambivalent.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Sep 2015
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          21. It's possible to read "Dune" books as both celebration & critique of idea of white messiah leading revolution in colonized land.

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        3. Darius Tahir‏Verified account @dariustahir 6 Sep 2015
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          @HeerJeet more critique than not, no? since even a half-supercomputer/half-mystic can't ultimately control a revolution...

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        1. james eel.‏ @mentally_eel 6 Sep 2015
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          @HeerJeet Paul is unambiguously superhuman. The messiah part depends on whether a civil war that consumes trillions of lives is worth it.

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        1. Keith Friedlander‏ @FriedKeith 6 Sep 2015
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          @HeerJeet Interesting. So is Paul's son becoming Sandworm/God a throwback to a Conrad-esqe fear of going native?

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