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Foundation vs Dune (media.kbin.social)
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[–] Cethin 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, Dune is not about salvation. It's about a horrible monarchic system being overthrown and replaced with a horrible monarchic system because drugs let some kid see the future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I always read it as like, radical Islamic Star wars.

You have the whole rebellion and the chosen one and the mystical powers and everything but instead of it being a blonde haired blue-eyed white boy it's a dark haired man incorporated into a desert tribe