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It comes full circle. The Fremen culture is inspired from Middle Eastern culture. And the Middle East has the coveted resource needed to run an economy, which Arrakis has plenty of in their universe.
It’s almost as if…no…could good fiction be based on real shit?
I mean, I get it, but I always feel like linking trump to fictional villains is not doing him justice. If I remember the books correctly Baron Harkonnen was a somewhat competent dictator.
I feel like there is some sort of trade comparison to be made here (build up spice reserves before having to cede control of the deliberately-damaged production facilities, and then selling those reserves as the new government flounders with a broken situation) - but honestly not sure which world leader that best represents at the moment?
