r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Next_Coat2418 • 10h ago

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u/YungCash204 8h ago

Basically Dune, the Atreides’ are implied to be authoritarian, just not on the level (or with the same level of grotesque) as the Harkonnens

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u/DudeyToreador 8h ago

To be fair, pretty much the entire Imperium is authoritarian, as they all use slave labor, gladly provided by House Mikarrol

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u/684beach 7h ago

People like to ignore that Pauls Qizarate Imperium had slaves

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u/closedtowedshoes 5h ago

I mean they also committed mass genocide, I don’t think there was much difference between them and Harkkonens for most people besides scale.

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u/shushubana2 5h ago

Was that stated in messiah? I read it earlier this years but i think i rushed too much cause i don't remember that

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u/Historical-Drink-390 5h ago

Something like 61 billion casualties putting him on the throne.

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u/shushubana2 4h ago

I remember the genocide that one sticked with me but i don't remember slaves

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u/684beach 2h ago

Farok talks to scytale how during the celebration of the victory at Moliter there were slave girls