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When life imitates art (lemmy.ml)

submitted 18 hours ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/funny@lemmy.ml

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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 49 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

This isn't life imitating art. It's art imitating life.

It's just that this story in real life has been going on for a long time, since well before the first Dune books were written.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's like when people say it's crazy how "Andor predicted this". Like no dawg, this has happened before.

[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

I saw some interview and the creator of Andor was a history student, or they referenced history for the writing. Basically they just followed fascism 101 for the plot design.

[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

While there are a lot of parallels to conflicts in the middle east, Dune was largely inspired by the Russian empire's war against the people of the Caucuses that were united by Imam Shamyl in the 1800s. The book The Sabres of Paradise details Shamyl's life and the conflict and much of the Fremen culture is basically lifted wholesale from it.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago

fair