I agree with you about the cult of personality, but they definitely don’t just stick to dead men (I’ve seen not only defence of Xi, but of the Kims, too, it’s obscene).
I’m not actually in to Dune, never watched any of it, but good to know it has that message, and also explains why it gets a lot of love on lemmy lol
These are cults of personality which revolve around dead men and their supposed successors, ripe for manipulation.
I think it was Frank Herbert who stated that he wrote the Dune series as a cautionary tale against charismatic leaders.
I agree with you about the cult of personality, but they definitely don’t just stick to dead men (I’ve seen not only defence of Xi, but of the Kims, too, it’s obscene).
I’m not actually in to Dune, never watched any of it, but good to know it has that message, and also explains why it gets a lot of love on lemmy lol