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Interesting. They really did create a fantastic propaganda piece... for the side they meant to demonize. I suspect that Heinlein's thing about the female navy was due to the general idea against having women be front line combatants. It's still kind of a thing, given the double standard in...

So... he was a prophet of our times? :unsure:

Ok, did that in the book too. The sky-marshal position is kind of BS to my mind though. You have to go from enlisted to general and then re-enlist in the space forces and work your way up to admiral, that's the minimum qualification in the book. Seems like they fight so much that field...

Did that in the movie too.

The differences are interesting to note. The book never gave off any real signs of fascism, as such, and bulk of it is in non-combat zones. It takes place over years, Rico's father ends up enlisting when Rico is getting out of officer's school. Contrast that with the movie, most of it is in...