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The original quote does fall apart, as most quotes do, upon closer inspection. Say you can kill a man, but irregardless of the threat to their life said man wo
by tskaiser 9y ago
The original quote does fall apart, as most quotes do, upon closer inspection.
Say you can kill a man, but irregardless of the threat to their life said man would refuse any and all of your orders, who can then be said to have 'control'?
In the end control means the ability to influence outcomes. There are many metrics, and for some choice of metric the capability of destruction is control.
- avar 9y agoThe original Dune quote makes perfect sense in context. Paul was talking about destroying the spice supply by making Arrakis barren of sandworms. "Control" in this context is control of the spice, specifically being able to control there being none at all.