>>12484179The problem with labeling anything as Fascism is that people largely don't understand what that term actually means because the far Left took it and applied to literally anyone who isn't a Communist (similar to whats happening with 'racism' now where it's almost become meaningless). Actual Facism as an ideology is basically the idea that the State is all important, and the entirety of a Nation should serve the needs of the State. Mussolini actually defined it as "a merger of the State and the Coporate/Capital class into one entity." So if anything, Mega-corp ruled dystopias like Cyberpunk or Shadowrun, or Necromancer, are actually closer to Facism than something like SST. For instance, People tend to call Nazi Germany facist but in reality it was, well, NATIONAL SOCIALIST. In the National Socialist world view, the State should serve the needs of the Nation, so by definition it cannot be facist. Hell, the Nazis would be considered as Leftists by anyone who actually knows their policies. But the Left has misused that terminology and label so much that it is now a meaningless and confusing word that really means "any ideology that isn't far enough left or I don't agree with personally."
So no, Starship Troopers isn't fascist, if anything it's a refutation of Fascism and it presents it's society as an alternative to Facism or Authoritarian Communism. But brainlets see the Military in charge and immediately scream Fascist.
>>12484199It's the most realistic "first encounter" scenario ever written. It also is one of those books that will have you thinking about it for after you finish reading about it.
