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I haven't read the book. It just seems like wishful thinking that such limits on voting won't be turned around to oppress the population in general and minorities in particular.
I'm glad it worked out in the book, but can you think of any other government systems that worked out on paper, but failed their live run? I don't want to be part of that mistake, I'm busy enough being part of this American one right now.
The author had some practical, hands on experience with running a political campaign in the real world.
He threw a lot of ideas into his books. "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" is a favorite of Libertarians, and it has one character who thinks that Luna should declare itself a monarchy.
"Double Star" has a quick reference to a system I really like. Instead of voting based on where you live, you get to choose your own constituency. Your representative would be a "gamer" or a "farmer" or a "mass transit user." You could change your constituency the same way you're allowed to move to another state.
Heinlein wrote the ultimate military novel [Starship Troopers] the ultimate Libertarian novel [The Moon/Mistress] and the ultimate hippie novel [Stanger In A Strange Land.] He also invented the waterbed and mechanical arms.
Wild. I've read starship troopers but didn't know all this about him.
The general online labeling of Heinlein as a kind of fascism idealizer (due to the popularity of that book) begins to fall apart when you view him as an author who experimented with different forms of governance in his world building.
The movie is called "Predestination" and the original story is "...All You Zombies." That's another shock for you.
One thing I really like about the movie is that it uses a 1960s version of the 1990s instead of the real world.
I appreciate what you've shared and probably should give a book or two of his a chance.
"...I Will Fear No Evil." A man's brain is transplanted into a woman's body. Then it gets weird.
Read the book.
It's in "Stranger In A Strange Land." Heinlein never patented the idea, but the original builder credited him.