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When the topic comes up I like to point out Heinlein was writing StrangerInAStrangeLand , a book some called "The Hippie Bible", at the SAME TIME he was writing Starship Troopers. (en.wikipedia.org)

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When the topic comes up I like to point out Heinlein was writing StrangerInAStrangeLand , a book some called "The Hippie Bible", at the SAME TIME he was writing Starship Troopers.

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[–] Pronell 3 points 1 month ago

The first several pages of Starship Troopers tell us exactly what's going in before we jump into the view of the teenager absorbing propaganda.

Heinlein completely understood what he was writing. His audience didn't really catch the propaganda though until the movie force-fed it to them.

Great post.