Duke U boycott and "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest": love it or hate it?

[Kurska]

47. I'm not sure if you read the fourth book, but that isn't the golden path

Essentially, in the fourth book he does the whole golden path thing. The whole point is to reduce spice production so that people will become will become less dependent on it. After he basically destroys spice production space travel becomes difficult, but that forces humanity to spread and diversify, leading to many different ways of doing things and ensuring no one threat would wipe out humanity. It is heavily implied that this is what would have happened if they hadn't done so.

Yeah he was a tyrant, but he isn't portrayed as an all around good guy either. Many people end up remembering him as a monster and butcher. He also ends up getting assassinated.

Long after his death spice production comes back and humanity is better off for it. Yet a lot of people still died in the following chaos so his actions aren't presented as entirely righteous.

Yeah it was a confusing at times and I didn't agree with how the author presented some things, but it is at least an interesting mix of ideas. More than can be said for a lot of fiction.