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[–] ummthatguy 12 points 5 months ago (17 children)

Note: fully aware of the irony of this gif, not to mention the wild contrast between the book and film. That being said, the movie is better.

[–] FuglyDuck 13 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Just for the record the movie was definitely not the same as the book- Heinlein himself was libertarian, though I wouldn’t say it comes across in the book.

(The book setting is definitely fascist, or at the least authoritarian;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Heinlein himself was libertarian

didn't he change his views a couple times during his life?

[–] Throw_away_migrator 2 points 5 months ago

I dunno, but his dirty old man era was wild

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