Yasmeen Gill’s Reviews > God Emperor of Dune > Status Update

‘“Devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.”’

‘As you well know, the secret of community lies in suppression of the incompatible.’

And also no way leto got skmeone flogged under the guise of broo you were talking abt my sex life yiu fucking pervert like no frank we dont need this to be addressed i love you but what this is

I also find it rlly interesting how everyone is suffering under letos tyrannical rule and his control over the spice but they look down on any progress in regards to technology that could free them. Says a lot how they are all going through the backlash of rejnstalling such a feudalistic system in the first place and not learning from the butlerian jihad

Also the idea of prescience acting as a metaphorical show in how these cycles are doomed to repeat if we give these people so much power, its showing the inevitability of the cycle. Its js a plot device

‘“What is the lesson in that fool’s punishment? What do we say when asked?”
“We say that no one is permitted to blaspheme against the God Emperor.”
“A *bloody* lesson, m’Lord.”
“Not as bloody as some I’ve taught.”
Idaho shook his head from side to side in obvious dismay. “Nothing good’s going to come of this!”
“Precisely!”’
YESS I WAS RIGHT ABT THE GOLDEN PATH BEING A LESSON

What ive got from this book is that letos js really bored probably. I also miss siona xan i geta chapter sbt her plss anf also like i think itd to toughen hukanity up so they dont go extjncy? And also like these traditionalist views are annoying like being against ivf and returning to this feudalistic structure. This is bad is what in reading obviously with nuance but yeah. Shades od grey