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I think one also needs to avoid overlooking Gurney. He's an example of a free individual, straight down to him finding the independent path of joining up with smugglers vs joining one faction or another, and joining Paul of his own free will only out of his own sense of loyalty to friends. Having him playing some rock guitar sort of plays into the trope of a free person.
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Dune 2 brings up interesting issues worth examining all on its own, and it works well that way. But what we find out in subsequent books (SPOILERS) is that thanks to his newly enhanced ability to see the future, Paul changes from not wanting to go to the south and become what he is fighting against, and has instead accepted a role of trying to weave events to both prevent the extinction of humanity, and also to free himself and others from the trap of predestination, although the heavy lifting on this winds up being left to his son. So it begins dealing less with power and freedom on the personal or political or societal level, but with the bigger issue of free will vs destiny, as well as the issue of whether the ends justify the means (subjecting billions and billions to death in order to save humanity as a whole). So he's already working towards the long-term downfall of his dynasty.
