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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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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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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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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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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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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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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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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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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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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.

      1 reply 4 retweets 1 like
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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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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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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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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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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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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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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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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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      19. The invisible welfare state is like white privilege: it's whole power comes from the fact it is not talked about. Not seen as welfare.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014

      20. To understand the American right we have to understand the process of forgetting that allowed Heinlein to suppress memory of pension.

      5:30 PM - 18 Jun 2014
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        2. Peter A. Shulman  📚‏ @pashulman 18 Jun 2014
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          @HeerJeet Also points to how citizenship privileges long linked to military service. A convenient way to rationalize libertarian pensioner.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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          @pashulman Yep. Very relevant to Heinlein's conception of citizenship in Starship Troopers.

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