The whole story really buys into the idea of hereditary leadership, pretty much every good leaders is the child of a former good leader.
The story sells the idea that the Bennie Jesuits believe in hereditary leadership. And, as a consequence, they have embarked upon a project of cross-breeding in pursuit of an Uber-mensch who could be a perfect leader. But what they get is Paul Atredies, a man who can only really see that his fate is already sealed and can do nothing to prevent the Jihad he fears and seeks to avoid.
I'd argue Dune actually has a Marxist spin. It's very obsessed with material conditions and the natural flow of history. Where it does posit on truly "alternative" futures, it focuses on Liet Kynes, the imperial planetologist, who posits the opportunity for Arakis to bloom. Changing the material condition of Arakis is the only way Paul ever sees to truly change the direction of the planet and the universe as a whole.
The story sells the idea that the Bennie Jesuits believe in hereditary leadership. And, as a consequence, they have embarked upon a project of cross-breeding in pursuit of an Uber-mensch who could be a perfect leader. But what they get is Paul Atredies, a man who can only really see that his fate is already sealed and can do nothing to prevent the Jihad he fears and seeks to avoid.
I'd argue Dune actually has a Marxist spin. It's very obsessed with material conditions and the natural flow of history. Where it does posit on truly "alternative" futures, it focuses on Liet Kynes, the imperial planetologist, who posits the opportunity for Arakis to bloom. Changing the material condition of Arakis is the only way Paul ever sees to truly change the direction of the planet and the universe as a whole.