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Originally Posted by bobkoure
Yep - or at least it was one of the underpinnings of the 1940s - 50s conservative philosophy
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I think it is very interesting to contrast our "use" of Plato's Republic and compare it with the Nazi approach. Family, not necessarly "Family Values", has always been the center of our conservative values vice the state. However, the Nazis put the state above family units. I think in doing so they lost a great deal of the morality, which develops from familial bonds.
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Originally Posted by bobkoure
So... are they reading other Heinlein works? Wondering how Stranger might go over in the Corps...
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No but Enders Game was also required reading...it is still on the list so is Troopers
Here is a link to the
list if you are curious.
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Originally Posted by bobkoure
Of course that leaves open the question of whether the Kurds want anything to do with them. I'm just suggesting we let them choose - sort of the way Puerto Rico gets to choose every so often.
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Actually, the Kurds are totally on board with the plan, in many ways they will, and have been allot like Puerto Rico, semi-autonomous. Over time, there will be less division, just as things evolved here in the US.