Re: The Bugs in the "Starship Troopers" film


"IsaacKuo" <mechdan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ray Cunningham wrote:
....
> >If you produce a film where the soldiers are normal people, smart and
> >stupid, venal and virtuous, then the fact that they get to be the
> >government becomes a little more problematic.

> Why? Normal people are also smart and stupid, venal and
> virtuous. This isn't a negative, in and of itself.

It's important to note that soldiers, in the book, do not vote. _Veterans_,
and not only military veterans, get to choose and make up the government. I
think that if a veteran rejoins, he then automatically loses the vote. It's
less of a military oligarchy than most current democracies.

J/


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