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Rough_Dan t1_j27svlv wrote

Reply to comment by Ambiorix33 in The 1984 Dune film makes a lot more sense if The Spice is referred to as Space Cocaine instead. by neoengel

Frank Herbert himself said that the point of the book was to warn against placing trust in charismatic leaders and dogma. The book is about ideologies and the struggle for meaning, it has a tiny bit about some resource and some middle eastern influence but that's far from being it's main point.

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Ambiorix33 t1_j28etur wrote

I suppose so, but this defiantly the main vehicle. He was an ecologist after all and very critical about involvement there.

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