Message from @AKAlexei
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Read every book I own, cover to cover
Nice. Most of my shit went missing when my ex said she wanted a divorce lol. I used to have a good collection like that.
I've got more too
That's just one wall
I donated a lot of them though. Ones I'd read at least once or twice and wanted someone else to benefit from
I used to do that when I was younger. If I had a paperback I had read a few times I’d leave them in restaurants and shit for other people to pick up
They'd have called me a communist 60 years ago. But honestly, I'm not. People want weed, abortions, guns, whatever else, fine. Just don't hurt people or fuck with their rights to choose for themselves.
Lol that’s a libertarian viewpoint
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
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