Re: Starship Troopers

The basic political message of Starship Troopers is that the voting
franchise
is not a right that one simple gets by being a citizen, but one that
must be
earned.  In the book, everyone is a citizen with full protection and
rights
of the law.  However, in order to earn the right to vote, an individual
must
serve the government/people in some way, be that the military or some
civil
service. There are a few other ideas in there, but that one is one of
the
biggest.  Read the book, its one of Robert A's best.

Brian