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Originally Posted by Ustwo
You said putting your life on the line, which was not a requirement. He said even if you were blind, mute, and deaf they would find a job for you to earn your franchise.
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OK, that's fair enough. But I think you're nitpicking. You should know what I meant, and seem to be arguing simply for the point of it.
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Point is you miss the point a bit. Heinlein was a hard core right winger such as myself. Most liberals choke reading his books but if you want to think of it as all satire, be my guest. I think many liberals would like to think its satire as its even more shocking to them then 'A Modest Proposal' by Swift, but alas for them, its pretty much the same sort of idea he espouses in all of his books.
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Actually, you're absolutely right and I shouldn't have called it a satire. I'm perfectly cognizant with Heinlein's political positioning. I should not have described it as a satire, as it wasn't written as such. I should have said that
I considered it satirical. Mea culpa.
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I’ve read essays where left wingers try to explain everything he wrote as a giant satire, they almost beg for it, but after reading most of his works a basic theme emerges with is self reliance, no final authority, and self responsibility.
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See above.
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Plus any author who calls socialism a disease is worth reading.
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Like Adolf Hitler? :-)
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You got apples into my oranges.
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You've got ants in your pants.
Mr Mephisto