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[–] 14 points 7 months ago (1 child)

In a lot of ways the movie is a spoof of the book. Verhoeven famously hated the book and it's depiction of military fascism.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago*

    The book doesn't so much promote fascism as explore it. It's more obvious when you read his other works that that's just what he does, explore premises.

    Stranger in a Strange Land came out less than 2 years later and depicts the creation of a free-love hippie space religion.

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