Robert Heinlein's "Starship Troopers"

The Whole Rabbit

Jacked up and good to go! Fall into formation as we discuss Robert Heinlein’s science-fiction classic Starship Troopers, the 90s movie classic based upon it and what it has to do with the military industrial society we inhabit today. From tactical nukes to hypnotically programmed space marines and power armor - we dive into the creative imagination of Robert Heinlein to discover its fascinating origins, occult undercurrent and subtle, satirical underpinnings.

With h4ckrabbit, Mari Sama, Darth Dingus, Malachor V and Heka Astra

This week’s episode we discuss:
-Why Heinlein wrote Starship Troopers
-Origin of the Space Marine
-Neodogs
-Psychic Warfare
-Post Hypnotic Suggestion
-Starship Troopers versus Starcraft
-Government Propaganda
-The Borg
-Star Trek versus Starship Troopers
-Marshal Society
-Satire of Fascism
-Satire of the Radical Left
-Gender in Starship Troopers
-Authority, Power and Voting

In the extended episode available at http://www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit

-Women in Sparta
-Objective Morality
-Administrative Punishment (whipping)
-Puppy Training
-Alcman’s Partheneia or ‘maiden song’
-Gnosticism in Starship Troopers
-Robert Heinlein’s Politics
-Unalienable Rights
-The Pursuit of Happiness
-Homosexuality
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Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Starship-Troopers-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0441783589

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers_(film)

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