“In Dune, by contrast, the willingness of the Fremen to accept Paul Atreides as a leader is explicitly portrayed as in part a consequence of colonialist manipulation by the Bene Gesserit missionaria protectiva.”
That’s Matt Yglesias in The Racial Politics of Dune and Avatar. I haven’t seen Avatar yet, so I can’t comment. But the interpretation of Dune is spot on.
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