Re: Atreides (amongst other things)
Quite.
Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain always a child. Open any history book, perhaps "Mankind and Mother Earth" by Toynbee. Examine the rise, decline, and fall of any of the civilisation. Then come back.
The term is brandished around to such an extent it has no meaning.
Democracy is but an illusion.
America is lost - no matter who wins the election. It is over.
A creation I made some years agi via Craiyon