They were the book was brilliantly written on at lesst three levels, is the foundation of the History and Moral Philosophy discussions around here and is one of the Bibles of intellectual and political thought. Why are you wasting your time watching movies? That's an almost inexcusable fault that needs correcting.

I am opposed to poll taxes and citizenship by purchasing invariably it leads to annointed families buying their way in and out of situations such as the draft and they become the moochers as of the leftist trough feeders of today.

Once you make citizenship a commodity for sale, rent, or lease. Cut down? Au contraire it would create a new class of moochers who not strangely will look just like the present class of moochers or their looter backers.

Heinleins qualification went like this. First No Draft. No requirement t serve the government in or out of the military. Three no full citrizenship unless the individual made a personal choice to so one thing and one thing only. Volunteer without coersion to put the good of the whole ahead of the good of self in order to make my return secure and safe. In short Rands egoism version of greed.

The overriding reason was if it is worth doing or defending enough will come forward. If enough do not come forward voluntarily it isn't worth defending or doing. The anti draft movement was a direct result of the worthlessness of the progressive socialist form of government that adds military slavery to it's tool kit.

Next no one could be denied the right to serve. The line read if it was a blind paraplegic give them a job couonting fuzz on a caterpillar by touch but you must find some way for them to serve.

Next the list of positions was both civilian and military in nature. Oe couold ask for anything but was guaranteed or promised nothing.

Upon signing up and thee usual battery of test they were sent home and if they did not return were struck from the roles and never allowed to ask for the privilege again.

Successful completion led in two directions. At one point full citizenship with the ability to vote, hold any form of public office no just elected with only a few exceptions

Career status was offered with better pay at some point in all areas. It was not guaranteed.

Part II at the bottom of the list of the jobs was MI for Mobile Infantry. Looking like a left over it was the hardest job to attain. Successful completion added a few perks. The right to join in the highest levels of government and the right to lead troops in combat. The theory was one who had not 'seen the elephant without buying the farm' were far less likely to vote for wars and far more likely to maintain defense levels than those who only watched movies.

So admission to officer candidate school required combat time. To Field and General Officers rank even more of that and nomination to the highest office in that system of government even more.

Each level had a history and moral philosophy class reqiurement. Attendance was mandatory but at high school level no tests were given. That came later.

Thus the LBJ types were weeded out.

There's far more but the one that got me was an explanation of how we treat our dogs better than we treat our children. All of the above directly apply to the USA in the late 20th Century and of course the current years.

The movie sucked, was put out for one reason only. The standard of excellence in the USA is if you see the movie no need to read the book. The left does not want that book generally read nor discussed along with Devil's Advocate by Taylor Caldwell, Not This August by Kornbluth and Pohl, and of course Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

I despise the statement don't knock it if yiou haven't tried it. But then you have yet to try it.