Do yourself a favor and read the book ‘Starship Troopers.’
The author has a ball playing with political ideas. His take is that after WW3 [a limited nuclear was, not an all out holocaust] angry veterans returned home and saw anarchy. They united and cleaned up the baddies, then enshrined the idea that only veterans would be allowed to vote. Centuries later, anyone, no matter how physically weak can join the military and do a term of service and get full citizenship. It’s explicitly stated that most of the army is ‘make work,’ an extended boot camp with no actual fighting involved. You just have to earn your vote.
Another fun author is Ross Thomas. Washington reporter turned crime novelist, his books always have a political slant. ‘The Fools In Town Are On Our Side’ is about a political fixer whose plan to clean up a small city is to make it ‘so corrupt even the pimps will vote for reform’
Do yourself a favor and read the book ‘Starship Troopers.’
The author has a ball playing with political ideas. His take is that after WW3 [a limited nuclear was, not an all out holocaust] angry veterans returned home and saw anarchy. They united and cleaned up the baddies, then enshrined the idea that only veterans would be allowed to vote. Centuries later, anyone, no matter how physically weak can join the military and do a term of service and get full citizenship. It’s explicitly stated that most of the army is ‘make work,’ an extended boot camp with no actual fighting involved. You just have to earn your vote.
Another fun author is Ross Thomas. Washington reporter turned crime novelist, his books always have a political slant. ‘The Fools In Town Are On Our Side’ is about a political fixer whose plan to clean up a small city is to make it ‘so corrupt even the pimps will vote for reform’
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