Why Should the Voiceless Die for Someone Else’s Decisions?
Mar 23, 2026
After reading Heinlein’s Starship Troopers, I had a few questions about the kind of human society the novel imagines.
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One: Who is qualified to take responsibility for all humanity?
Two: Civilian parents raise the next generation of citizens. Does that not count as taking personal responsibility for the safety of the community?
Citizens come from civilians. Forcing a divide between the two is already an act of tearing the community apart.
Three: The consequences of war fall on everyone.
Citizens use their votes to choose those in power, and those in power decide the direction of the community. When those decisions go wrong, both citizens and civilians pay the price.
