Dune's Emotional History of the West

It's the empire that merits deeper reflection in this tale

Wait, is it Monday Media Review again?

No, not quite. But I finally caught a morning matinee of Dune this past weekend, and it has inspired many historical thoughts.

I’ll clear some of my background cred first:

Many of us came to Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation steeped in Dune lore. I devoured all the books by Frank Herbert as a teen (though I grew less inte…