I was one, once. Got tired of their pro-corporate bullshit

The problem with Liberatians in the US nowadays is that they refuse to acknowledge that tyranny doesn't just come from governments. If power were shifted to corporations entirely, they'd be no different

People matter way more than profit

Lmao yeah I understand that

I’m a

I’m a Constitutionalist if you had to put a label on me.

But! Capitalism and Corporatism are completely different

Also pic has no relevance

My veiws summed up in one sentence "service guarantees citizenship"

Yuuuuup

Oh Odin's beard...

I can get behind that. One of the best books ever written

Don't even get me fucking started on Starship Troopers

*desire to know more intensifies*

Alright fine

But yeah no seriously

Here's my two cents

The book was a fantastic way of criticizing the psychosis of militaristic fascist society

I feel slighted by life. Born too early for cap troopers to be a thing. And I have to deal with anti vaxxers

Oh boy. You’re gonna love the marine Corp

The movie from the standpoint that it was a late 90s action flick with excellent special effects and good acting, was wonderful. From the stand point that it was based on a book, it was the biggest piece of shit

It completely missed the point of the book

And as a bookworm, it pisses me the fuck off

I like to view them as separate entities

Actually the director hated the book and made a satire propoganda piece out of it

THat explains a lot

I love the movie for the movie. I love the book for a fuck load of reasons

Because obviously the movie was meant to make fascism look bad on every level, from poor leadership to "having nationalist veiws" as bad

Heinlein is one of my favorite writers. He actually introduced me to libertarianism with The Moon is a Harsh Mistress or There’s No Such Thing As a Free Lunch.

Well, actually if you look at it, it was anti-globalist. The world of starship troopers is united

So really, it's anti-globalist fascism

Still it was satire

I mean look at star wars right

Well yeah. Eventually the world will be one big country in like 300ish years.

They made the empire fashy as fuck

I have very different ideas on patriotism. I'm a patriot not from the point of view that my country is the greatest, but from the point of view that my country tries and can always do better

That's what we Americans do

The Empire still did nothing wrong. Fucking space ISIS out here plotting terrorist attacks in the name of a hokey religion.

@thatgoonsteve42 alderan was an inside job

Totally

Oh my gods

My political stance makes no fucking sense

I'm fairly right wing and a die hard constitutionalist

Same on most issues

If you wanna change that, cut out the fat. Trim it down so that it's basic and easy to understand. That's how the commies did it and look how easily they took control of like twenty countries in the course of a few decades

For me it's this

Don't fuck with people's rights, help people who are in need, and mind your business

Basically I agree with that for the most part

Yep.

I also have very different views about why guns need to be protected

For starters

gun control is racist

No shit Sherlock

star ship troopers wasnt fascism though

Finally someone who gets it! @thatgoonsteve42

in fascism no nation would show how a war was going bad

The NFA only came about because The Black Panthers we’re out here with MGs and shit

That was the Mulford Act. NFA was in the 30s

and people wouldn't own businesses

When it comes to guns. I think everyone should be legally required to own one and have training on how to use it. "A well armed society is a polite society"

#fortheeverlastinggloryoftheinfantry

That being said there's exceptions

its more like hyper libertariaism

Same thing @AKAlexei

you can ignore the government completely if so desired

and its almost frowned upon to join it

This is true @Trash Squid

The best concept of the book for me was the “you have to serve to have a say” facet

now if you want a view of a libertarian future, cyber punk 2020

CYBERPUNK 2020 IS FUCKING AMAZING

ikr

shits amazing

big gey

I have the big gey for CP2020

same

Nah nah Neuromancer is the ultimate libertarian future.

Now if we really wanna talk fictional fascism... Warhammer 40k

Neuromancer was 20/10

now thats hyper fascism

Again satire lol

yee

Satire is often accurate in my experience

The imperium of man was meant to make fascism look bad

>south park

Valid

then why does everyone love it lol

Because it's accurate

Dr. Strangelove is based satire

But can still make you laugh at it

HUMANITY FIRST

Strangelove taught me to love the bomb

lol

i just enjoy the laws of nature

Strong eating the weak?

Fascism in itself is just shitty to me because whenever it's popped up, people suffer... same with communism

To be fair

All forms of government become shit at some point

This is true