fncceo
Diamond Member
- Nov 29, 2016
- 42,814
- 35,435
- 3,615
Now, was Heinlein satirizing that type of world, or endorsing it?
If you had read "Starship Troopers", you would know there is nothing fascist about it.
Heinlein was, politically, a libertarian. Libertarian themes are consistent in his books.
In the world of "Starship Troopers" --- written only 15 years after the end of World War II, Heinlein suggested that only people who have served in the military have the right to vote. Everyone else would be have the rights of citizens in every respect except their right to vote. In the book, Johnny Rico's parents were wealthy and privileged, except they didn't have voting rights.