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> Although shades of Heinlein’s true political leanings – libertarian in the classic sense – ... Interesting phrase there. I would say his views are liberal in
by baddox 8y ago
> Although shades of Heinlein’s true political leanings – libertarian in the classic sense – ...
Interesting phrase there. I would say his views are liberal in the classic sense, as in classical liberalism. I don’t think the term “classical libertarianism” is commonly used, but if anything it ought to refer to left libertarianism, a quite different thing.
- ubernostrum 8y agoSome of his short stories are particularly interesting. "The Roads Must Roll", for example, though written before Ayn Rand started churning out books, anticipates and attempts to brutally tear apart the ideas of "Atlas Shrugged".