RE: Saudi Arabia executes 81 human beings in one day.
March 16, 2022 at 5:14 pm
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2022 at 5:16 pm by HappySkeptic.)
I am a bit Heinlein fan. I find his Libertarian leanings interesting (as in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress), and I loved they YA novels as a kid.
The Starship Troopers book has some fascist tendencies. The public floggings, and the idea that citizenship means the willingness to defend the "body politic". Those who don't, shouldn't be citizens.
The movie writers and director saw these as a bit sinister, and expanded on the fascist politics (and costumes) and the idea that Humans started the war.
The book didn't have any of that. I owned a tabletop simulation game of Starship Troopers, which was awesome. It might still be in my parents' house.
The Starship Troopers book has some fascist tendencies. The public floggings, and the idea that citizenship means the willingness to defend the "body politic". Those who don't, shouldn't be citizens.
The movie writers and director saw these as a bit sinister, and expanded on the fascist politics (and costumes) and the idea that Humans started the war.
The book didn't have any of that. I owned a tabletop simulation game of Starship Troopers, which was awesome. It might still be in my parents' house.
