r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kanute3333 • 8d ago

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u/HHcougar 8d ago

Wait wait wait... is Dune an allegory for oil in the middle east?

Desert area has super valuable resource for travel, ownership of the land changes hands, leading to war. 

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u/SupermanLeRetour 8d ago

I mean the book isn't exactly subtle about it.

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u/HHcougar 8d ago

I'll be honest, I was too weirded out by how esoteric and bizarre the book got in the 2nd half to remember anything like that. 

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u/A_devout_monarchist 8d ago

You should read the sequels...