samjay ganges on Nostr: It is more fascist than national socialist and in my mind very american actually. The ...

It is more fascist than national socialist and in my mind very american actually. The book that is. The focus on military service alone to gain additional rights (as opposed to other contributions such as childbearing and scientific or artistic works) is not particularly NS, especially as there is no concern for race and the protagonist is some kind of spic I think.

The book drives home the need to sacrifice for one's nation, with all the military leaders having lost a limb or several. However, it remains sterile as simply a generic world government without any true identity. Nothing about women being good mothers or preserving ancient traditions.

Starship Troopers is really just about physical sacrifice as a necessary component to survival in a hostile world, and faggots and bugmen don't sacrifice for anyone so it is "bad," and since the people faggots don't like enjoy the film/book, that makes it "very bad," and the bugman term for "very bad" is "fascist."