StalkerBro95 t1_itnap64 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 10:10 PM

Reply to comment by Fafnir26 in Anyone else finding the Politics of Starship Troopers troubling? by Fafnir26

Heinlein was a libertarian and an absolute critic of government involvement on personal freedoms. It was a critique.

Fafnir26 OP t1_itnb323 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 10:13 PM

Prove it. And if it was a critique there sure are a lot of people that like these encroachments of goverment.

StalkerBro95 t1_itnbbxr wrote on October 24, 2022 at 10:15 PM

I'm not the author I can't get exactly what his views were definitely when writing the book but if you read any of his other work, especially The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, you'll see that he's much more antigov/anticontrok than anything.

People who use this book to twist it is as support of fascism are prob fascist themselves. Doesn't make them right. I would absolutely advise you not to converse with anyone like that.