I suppose I was too young to think such thoughts when I read those books. But I recently read some of the first Dune stuff. There Bene Gesserit does such things, spelled out.
He composed a masterpiece including many details of how tyranny and spirituality collide.
Makes you wonder indeed. Christianity, a religion started by a Jew, has scripture saying Jews are better than them for example, and it made Jews' oppressors (romans) less aggressive.
