Re:What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country?
by RalfWausE on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:56AM
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Interesting... i think i have to do a rewatch of the movie (this time in english), yes, i have watched the german version, which was "over-the-top", but not THAT "over-the-top"...
Re:What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country?
by rodgerd on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @05:45PM
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> Well, the book by Heinlein certainly wasn't meant to be dystopian
It literally starts out by re-contexualising the ex-millitary putsch attempts in Weimar Germany as a Good Thing.
Re:What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country?
by hutzlibu on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @07:38PM
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Ok, I have to admit I did not read the full book, just the beginning, but do not remember this. But I was told it was not meant to be dystopian. On the other hand, Heinlein did had some extreme views, though, so I am not sure, what the message of the book actually is.
But the movie was a bit different - maybe you watched the german version? That was a bit softer - the teacher didn't made jokes about the anhilation of Hiroshima there.
It was a deeply militarized society. Brutal. Top down. But yes, at least the politicians had to be part of that, too. (but in reality ... I think you can be in the military and be far away from any danger, like Bush was a fighter pilot, but not deployed at Vietnam.)