In both the book and the film Starship Troopers: * persons can choose whether or not to do government service * Rico's parents are quite rich even though neit

In both the book and the film Starship Troopers: * persons can choose whether or not to do government service * Rico's parents are quite rich even though neither are citizens * the Moral Philosophy class tries to _discourage_ individuals from government service * the instructor for Moral Philosophy explicitly tries to get the students to think for themselves In the book but not the film: * the only benefit of government service is the right to vote * only veterans (i.e. no active service members) can vote All of these (and more) are contrary to fascism. The book is not fascist. Verhoeven never read the book and didn't satirize fascism -- he satirized a _caricature_ of fascism.