6. Heinlein's naval pension allowed him to survive Great Depression and try hand at different careers (grad studies, architecture, mining)
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7. In 1938/1939, Heinlein decided to take up writing. Pension again underwrite this career.
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8. Heinlein was a big hit as a pulp writer from the start but even so naval pension was crucial for his careers.
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9. Being a freelance writer is an unstable job. Markets dry up, editors turn cold. Having a naval pension was a crucial safety net.
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10. Heinlein's peers -- Sturgeon, Hubbard, even Asimov -- had to take other jobs (or start religions) when pulps dried up.
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11. Heinlein was able to reinvent himself several times as a writer thanks to security of having pension.
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12. 1939-1942 Heinlein mainly pulp writer. Then war work., then 1946 tried hand at nonfiction, then wrote for slicks and juveniles.
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13. Heinlein had the luxury of reinventing himself as a writer because his base salary was the naval pension.
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14. And when Heinlein went through a dry spell or personal crisis (i.e. break up of menage a trois leading to divorce) pension was there.
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15. As a young socialist, Heinlein knew how crucial pension was for him and wanted to have same benefit for everyone (Social Credit).
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16. Robert Heinlein 1941: "This country has been very good to me, and the taxpayers have supported me for many years.”
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17. Once he turned libertarian Heinlein forgot his gratitude to taxpayer. In Glory Road (1963) he mocked paying taxes to "Uncle Sucker"
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18. So: Robert Heinlein, that great hero of libertarian culture, was the complete creation of the invisible welfare state.
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