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When life imitates art (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, and then it morphs into a horrific regime led by a human-alien hybrid that things the only way forward is cruelty,

[–] wingswithbones@lemmus.org 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Assuming Herbert is truthful then the alternative was even greater cruelty and I think even extinction

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

No, notice how the books did never at any point had omniscient narrator. Leto II forced his own vision on entire galaxy and even himself had serious doubts about if it was the only path possible, or he was just locked into the random one.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

This! Knowing one path that "works" despite all it flaws and the pain it creates, but feeling trapped because the alternative is a great unknown and possibly a worse outcome, so he follows the one he can foresee.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 3 points 9 hours ago

That's what they always say.