re: #285 Romantic Heretic

*Rolls eyes really hard*

I’m about as left wing as you can get without being an actual Marxist, and Starship Troopers is still one of my favourite books.

One lesson I carried from it is that authority and responsibility were linked and equal concepts. Something you could never get the modern GOP to comprehend.

What? My fault? Inconceivable! We just haven’t fucked enough people tried hard enough yet.

exactly, it is a novel, not a political manifesto. And I really did appreciate the notion that before we entrust people with our safety and well-being, they should first demonstrate that they are willing to put the common good above their own personal safety and well-being.