1. A fine libertarian defense of Heinlein from @brianmdoherty: http://reason.com/blog/2014/06/10/reconciling-robert-heinleins-ideological …
5. More deeply than specific policies in Starship Troopers is the pervasive emotional authoritarianism in Heinlein, worship of the "old man"
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6. In so many Heinlein stories you have the "old man" -- the crusty keeper of all wisdom who imparts knowledge via dicta.
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7. The acquisition of knowledge in Heinlein isn't scientific but by an apostolic succession of manly authority.
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