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When the topic comes up I like to point out Heinlein was writing StrangerInAStrangeLand , a book some called "The Hippie Bible", at the SAME TIME he was writing Starship Troopers.

Stranger in a Strange Landhttps://www.threads.net/@mattkanninen/post/C WVDlsz7DJ/ - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Landhttps://www.threads.net/@mattkanninen/post/C_WVDlsz7DJ/?xmt=AQGzzny5Xs1Sb0NV5GXjPHPTs23tf7grbBkLSz2nO3vS9g

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MathiasTCK

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In discussions on this topic people frequently want to use one book, or another, as expressing the views of the author at some period of time. That fails here because two books with seemingly opposing views were written by the same author at the same time.

MathiasTCK

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My take is Heinlein was a professional SciFi author, he wrote what he thought would sell, but given that: he was happy to conduct thought experiments meant to examine positions he may or may not have agreed with, considered, or actively opposed. That said, I think he also often had a self insert character that basically expressed Heinlein's take.

I point people at the Notebook of Lazarus Long if they want Heinlein's take expressed via fiction.

MathiasTCK

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notebooks_of_Lazarus_Long

MathiasTCK

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https://www.baen.com/chapters/W200408/The_Notebooks_of_Lazarus_Long.htm

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MathiasTCK

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We don't really to have to infer though, Heinlein was an outspoken activist outside of his fiction, ran for office, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein#Views

fjordbasa

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Why did you reply to yourself several times? That’s probably why folks think this is a bot post. That’s not unusual for a bot to do- pulling posts and comments from somewhere else; actual humans tend to reply to people’s comments rather than their own

MathiasTCK

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Context is here:

https://lemmy.world/comment/12118240

I've made the same points in many similar social media discussions. A bunch when people declared the Starship Troopers Movie wasn't satire.

I could have combined the replies to 1, but then they would exceed the character limit if I want to copy paste them elsewhere.

It's handy that the reply char limit in some places is same or smaller than the title of a post limit elsewhere.

MathiasTCK

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I did the same thing recently, exported tweets, but sent it to my subreddit instead. Still working out what to send where :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/doingmypart/comments/1fguhdt/i_tried_searching_for_biblical_text_to_support/