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[NLB2]

I just finished reading this book and I'm not sure if I'm understanding it correctly. The movie was nothing but critical of facism and militarism but this book seems to be a proponnent of a society in which all political power is held by those who have served in the armed forces and it seems as if there is no sarcasm or irony in the book. So is Heinlein's book really a proponent of an aristocratic oligarchy of the military class or am I just stupid?

 

[Darias]

Not just stupid at all, although I try to not relate the two whatsoever, because I think as far as the book goes, the movie missed its mark.

 

[kumanoki]

I think you were missing the bigger point of the book, which was to showcase those cool freakin' armor suits.

 

[Pudding Tame]

I don't think Heinlein was a proponant of Fascism, he just wanted to show what a working Fasciest society looked like and let the reader decide.

 

[NLB2]

I don't think Heinlein was a proponant of Fascism, he just wanted to show what a working Fasciest society looked like and let the reader decide.

That makes sense, but he did seem to go out of the way with his moral philosophy course in which he expounded on how democracy as we see it not only doesn't work, but is morally wrong.

And those suits were pretty sweet. Too bad the movie's budget couldn't afford them.