Comments by "Muck006" (@Muck006) on "Starship Troopers: How to Make Fascism SEXY – Wisecrack Edition" video.

As long as "the vote" actually MEANS SOMETHING (i.e. you have a REAL choice) it isnt fascist ... and getting the right to vote was the reason for the whole story. In a fascist system there is no choice ... same with a communist one. I have lived in West-Berlin since the early 70s, next to the commies in the GDR, and it was pretty clear that, even though there were several political parties, none of the non-commies would ever have any power and shortly before the fall of the wall they were even proven to be lying about the voting results.
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@swanky_yuropean7514 Where did you get that "one-party state" idea from? Neither the book nor the movie talk about politics and political parties much; they ONLY FOCUS ON THE MILITARY ... but that doesnt mean that civilisation is run by the military. The whole point of Rico's choice was to "get the vote" ... but that would be MEANINGLESS without any real choices to make, i.e. SEVERAL parties ...
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@agilagilsen8714 Oh yes ... Verhoeven intended to show the society as a fascist society ... and FAILED completely!
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