Better killers through chemistry

RE earnest at tallynet.com
Fri Feb 21 10:51:42 PST 2003


Apt association. But I can't recall any neurochemical manipulations in the book, unless they used speed. Wasn't it all militarism + group identification + utterly alien enemy that gave the troops their conscience-free zip? Randy


> starship troopers, anyone? and i mean the fascist book, not the
> anti-fascist "90120 in space" . . .
>
> combine this with improvements in battlefield armor, etc. etc. and it
> looks more and more like heinlein was a genuine visionary, in this
> regard . . .
>
> j
>



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