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[–] D61@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago

Funny thing about the "enfranchisement of the human population through military service" is that Heinlein forgot to write in a bunch of enfranchised veterans. There's a fair amount of unenfranchised civilians and a whole bunch of unenfranchsied active military (cause you aren't franchised until after you've been honorably discharged from the military) and only like one enfranchised civilian... Rico's teacher from the beginning of the book.

I came away thinking, "Oh, there are so few people who can vote/run for office because the assumption is that most of the people trying to earn the right to be a part of the political process died in the intergalatic forever wars."