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Heinlein wrote a book in favor of polyamory ("Stranger in a Strange Land") and was strongly opposed to religion and theology [0]. I doubt he'd be at home with t
by neartheplain 5y ago
Heinlein wrote a book in favor of polyamory ("Stranger in a Strange Land") and was strongly opposed to religion and theology [0]. I doubt he'd be at home with today's evangelical Christians.
For what it's worth, Soviet intelligence did infiltrate large parts of American society during the Cold War [1]. This historical fact is often obscured by accounts of McCarthyism and the Red Scare. While McCarthy was a liar and an alcoholic with little to no knowledge of actual Soviet spy networks, the networks did in fact exist.
[0] https://www.azquotes.com/author/6509-Robert_A_Heinlein/tag/religion https://www.azquotes.com/author/6509-Robert_A_Heinlein/tag/r...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_espionage_in_the_United_States#Browder_and_Golos_networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_espionage_in_the_United...
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- flyingfences 5y ago> Heinlein wrote a book in favor of polyamory ("Stranger in a Strange Land") See also: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- dragonwriter 5y agoAlso Friday. And Time Enough For Love.
- bawolff 5y agoOr like most of his later (non-children) books. Dude was really into poly stuff. Although honestly when reading his books, they never really seemed like equal partnerships. That said, i've only read a few of his more famous novels.
- grogenaut 5y agoRead "To sail beyond the sunset" (iirc) Poly AND Incest mixed with infinite lifetimes, there were some things going on in that book...
- technofiend 5y agoAnd Number of the Beast.
- bawolff 5y ago> For what it's worth, Soviet intelligence did infiltrate large parts of American society during the Cold War [1] Every zealous over-reaction is typically grounded in some small truth. If it was totally separate from reality it would be much easier to fight; the kernel of truth is what makes extremism dangerous.
- GeekyBear 5y ago> Heinlein wrote a book in favor of polyamory Heinlein has explicitly said that Stranger in a Strange Land was not an effort to convince people to live in any particular way. >“I was not giving answers. I was trying to shake the reader loose from some preconceptions and induce him to think for himself, along new and fresh lines. In consequence, each reader gets something different out of that book because he himself supplies the answers... It is an invitation to think -- not to believe.” https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/09/28/lifetimes/vonnegut-stranger_heinlein.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/09/28/l... Advocating that people should be willing to reconsider their deeply held cultural beliefs was a major theme in Heinlein's later works.