1. Robert Heinlein had a Colbert problem, but to the nth degree. Le me explain.
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2. Heinlein had a tendency to make arguments in ways that readers could justifiably conclude he was arguing the opposite of what he intended
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3. An example: Beyond This Horizon (1942) is an anti-Nazi novel which also (quite sincerely) argues for eugenics & social credit economics.
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4. "Beyond This Horizon" imagines a utopia where all social problems are solved by the wise application of eugenics & Social Credit.
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5a. A slight digression on Social Credit, which I see as both a form of vernacular Keynesian & a crackpot scheme appealing to far right.
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5b. The useful part of Social Credit: belief there was a disjunction between production & currency, emphasis on consumption as solution.
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5b. The problematic side of Social Credit: laying blame of all problems of capital on financial industries: the banker-free utopia.
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