re: #87 Anymouse 🌹

I’m not a big fan of Heinlein’s idea either. Aside from the fact it is a fiction story (a wonderful way to run government is from fiction stories), that would mean military veterans would be the only persons making determinations about government for all.

That is not a democracy. That is in effect a military dictatorship.

Lots of countries have mandatory military service, Israel, for example. They seem to muddle through.

They aren’t military dictatorships. Heinlein said later in life that he was talking about citizens having skin in the game before they could vote. It’s a valid point.