Citizenship
Citizenship
Posted on Jun 5, 2017
I was watching Starship Troopers and to be a Citizen you have to serve. Do you think serving should warrant more rights than those who don't?
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No, I don't. Our rights are guaranteed by the Constitution, and should not be contingent on any act of service to the Government.
If you were paying attention, you would notice that at one point it was asserted that voting was considered an act of violence because you were forcing your views onto others. That is why it was a right reserved only to Citizens.
The book is much better at conveying the fact that it was really about the dangers of a totalitarian, arguably fascist, government. That gets lost in the movie, since they decided to play up the war angle.
If you were paying attention, you would notice that at one point it was asserted that voting was considered an act of violence because you were forcing your views onto others. That is why it was a right reserved only to Citizens.
The book is much better at conveying the fact that it was really about the dangers of a totalitarian, arguably fascist, government. That gets lost in the movie, since they decided to play up the war angle.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
I agree, read the book. OTOH, I believe that the book was a commentary on the Heinlein's perceived failures of the Democracies not to slide into what we would call rent taking and corruption. From the book, the only right not universal was the right to vote, which was earned only after completing a commitment to serve the greater good. Interesting concept.
You may want to remember that the writers of the original constitution envisioned this as a country where the property holders were the voting class on the theory that they had the most to lose and would be the most responsible.
You may want to remember that the writers of the original constitution envisioned this as a country where the property holders were the voting class on the theory that they had the most to lose and would be the most responsible.
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I think what you are trying to convey is way too many of are citizens take their citizenship for granted. In return the Government takes them for granted. The problem is in my opinion we no longer teach civics as it used to be taught. In stead we teach about social justice.
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