Durrandon

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*Surprised this went viral. I didn't know who the original poster is. She's the author of the Nemesis trilogy. You can find and follow her at https://chaosfem.tw/@MzAprilDaniels

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Sep 20, 2024 at 12:28pmWeb
Show threadDavid Scott MoyerSep 20, 2024
@durrandon If you read past the first book, Dune doesn't work out so well for the billionaires.
Show threadCats Who Draw Sep 20, 2024
@farbel Burn!! 🔥  @durrandon
Show threadSimon RichterSep 22, 2024
@farbel @durrandon as Ursula K. Le Guin observed, neither did they in the real world.
Show threadDurrandonSep 22, 2024
@farbel I've read through God Emperor of Dune. I don't know that the billionaires have. But each one of them feels confident they will be in the God Emperor role.
Show threadDurrandonSep 22, 2024
@farbel Or as someone else point out, they would like CHOAM, but not Muad'Dib.
Show threadLog 🪵Sep 20, 2024
@durrandon For giggles, I checked https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx for "CHOAM" and got *five* LLC results. For *one* state.
Division of Corporations - Filing

Show threadDurrandonSep 22, 2024
@log "We've recreated the Terror Nexus, from the cult cyberpunk novel, Don't Create the Terror Nexus!"
Show threadNoel KellySep 20, 2024

@durrandon
@GatekeepKen

Starting Peter Thiel as Duke Vladimir Harkonnen

Show threadaburka 🫣Sep 20, 2024
@durrandon do they want a Butlerian Jihad though?
Show threadSimon RichterSep 22, 2024
@aburka @durrandon LinkedIn asking me to post through an AI filter is the beginning of that.
Show threadDurrandonSep 22, 2024
@aburka They would like CHOAM without going through the Butlerian Jihad. But they are conflicted, because they they are themselves mentats.
Show threadPseudo NymSep 20, 2024

@durrandon

So much great Sci Fi dystopia to choose from.

At least with Blade Runner or Fifth Element we get flying noodle carts along with our mega Corp overlords.

Show threadDragon-sided DSep 20, 2024

@pseudonym @durrandon I dunno, I rather fancy ingesting so much Spice that I develop blue-within-blue eyes.

(But not so much that I turn into an ugly swimming fish-baby)

Show threada mercurial mess of random thoughtsSep 20, 2024
@durrandon as someone who doesn't know either, can someone enlighten me?
Show threadDen of EarthSep 20, 2024

@writeblankspace @durrandon
Star Trek:
United Federation of planets, peace through cooperation, etc

Dune:
Galactic emperor assigns fiefdoms to rich families so that they can exploit the oppressed to enrich themselves further

Show threadShadowInTheVoidSep 20, 2024
@DenOfEarth @writeblankspace @durrandon Arn't both of them an improvement on modern capitalism?
Show threadScarabSep 21, 2024
@writeblankspace @durrandon The Federation in Star Trek is portrayed as idyllic, generally "above" money although those economics really don't parse well at a closer look, but the impression is plenty for all, equity, opportunity, etc. Dune is pretty dystopic: feudal with big family units controlling most/all wealth, travel, and commerce, and an emperor. Also, eugenics (there are eugenic advocates in Star Trek, but they're generally portrayed as villains).
Show threadhackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1Sep 21, 2024
@Configures @writeblankspace @durrandon tl;dr: Post-Scarcity vs Interstellar Imperial Feudalism. ;)
Show threadJBSep 20, 2024
@durrandon The billionaires want Elysium and are building it.
Show threadReiner Jung 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Sep 21, 2024
@JBShakerman @durrandon thankfully this will not work. Still they will waste our resources to try.
Show threadDud (Mx)Sep 20, 2024
@durrandon Or "The Expanse".
Show threadDaniel BrotherstonSep 20, 2024
@durrandon Or maybe Star Wars...but they aren't the side you might hope.
Show threadKristopher KirklandSep 20, 2024
@durrandon idk, in Dune, they were willing to regulate AI.
Show threadGik  | 💙➡️🇺🇦Sep 20, 2024
@durrandon we have Dune exactly where it belongs: a paperback.
Show threadStone Bear (has moved)Sep 20, 2024
@durrandon Let's give'm Dune. Let's feed'em to the sandworms.
Show threadMiredlySep 20, 2024
@durrandon and what they're actually building toward is the world of Alien.
Show threadGerard Cunningham ✒️Sep 21, 2024
@durrandon
Can we start with the Butlerian Jihad against the thinking machines?
Show threadCara BruarSep 21, 2024
@durrandon or maybe Starship Troopers
Show threadNick Stevens GraphicsSep 21, 2024

@durrandon

With Baron Muskonen setting up home on Giedi Prime, (Not to be confused with Amazon Prime, of course).

Show threadCaptain Jack SparrowSep 21, 2024

@durrandon

They might like the Death Star thing though

Show threadNicolaSep 21, 2024
@durrandon More like Alien 3, tbh
Show threadducksauz 🦆Sep 21, 2024

@durrandon

I would love to see Reverend Mother Helen Gaius Mohiam test Musk to see if he's human. Pretty sure he'd get the gom jabbar in the neck.

Show threadDavid SmithSep 21, 2024
@durrandon @inthehands pairs perfectly with this classic
Show threadJulesSep 22, 2024
@durrandon And billionaires in general are creating Mad Max.
Show threadDean JohnsonSep 22, 2024
@durrandon Why do I suspect that a Musk mission to Mars uses “Iron Sky” as a basis?
Show threadDurrandonSep 22, 2024
@dtj This sounds correct.
Show threadfredericSep 22, 2024
@durrandon
Not really.
AI was outlawed in Dune, while it wasn't outlawed in Star Trek.
Show threadWilfried KlaebeSep 22, 2024
@durrandon They want CHOAM, but not Muad-Dib.
Show threadDurrandonSep 22, 2024
@wonka This is correct.
Show threadhackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1Sep 22, 2024
.oO( I have to steal a joke here:

Star Trek Fans: Yay replicators and shuttles, count me in!

Star Wars Fans: Yeah fsck Starfighters fscking up Death Stars, Jedi Knights, count me in!

Warhammer 40k Fans: Nah, i'm good... )Oo.

Show threadradioactivecatSep 22, 2024
@durrandon nah. They want Star Trek. They want the Borg. And they want to control the Borg.
Show threadAbizer NasirSep 23, 2024
@durrandon The Influence must flow!
Show threadantimu0n 🤘 metal lynx ♿ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Sep 24, 2024
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