> But if you take out those connotations, there isn't really much left to Dune. Hydraulic despotism. The pitfalls of manipulating religion. The trap that both

> But if you take out those connotations, there isn't really much left to Dune. Hydraulic despotism. The pitfalls of manipulating religion. The trap that both present to those who use them. That’s what most of the book is about. If you just focus on historical analogies you’re missing some major themes of the book. And that’s ignoring the thematic exploration of precognition and omniscience, the ecological themes etc.