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If I'm not mistaken, it's not even military service, just any kind of public service.
I've read the opinion that most people interpret SST the opposite of what the author intended.
Here in Brazil the law considers voting a duty, no one can choose to not vote, and everyone HAS to register on turning 18.
SST was written by Robert Heinlein. Read even a brief biography about the guy, and it's pretty evident that people claiming 3D chess are full of bollocks.
I love Heinlein. I grew up on Heinlein. But he was what he was, and that was (or has become, I guess) controversial. Grooming pedophilia justified by the children being sex-changed clones was not the most outré of his concepts, and there was no subtle political commentary there.
Heinlein made many poignant social insights. He also had many questionable kinks. His novels were a grab bag of both.
Fair. Would you say Starship Troopers was social commentary?
Alas, I never read that one.
It's good. I don't remember it bearing much resemblance to the film, but I last read the book probably over 40 years ago and the movie was released 27 years ago. The movie was absolutely political satire.
The movie isn't based on the book if I remember correctly. Someone pointed out it was similar so they brought the title rights.