Re: Mission to Mars

>What I meant was that Heinlein's

insert "presumed"

> far right conservativism isn't any more
>realistic than far left Marxism. It requires people to behave
in non-realistic
>ways for it to work. I mean, seriously, the only people who get
to vote are
>those who enter the military? Aside from the fact that any
party that tried to
>put that into effect would be committing political suicide,

any >present day< party, I take it you mean?  But oddly enough,
Heinlein wasn't writing about a present day situation.	:- )

>the economic effects would be awful.

Oh?  Why?  Offlist, if you will, as I don't imagine the list has
any passionate desire to hear this.