Goldwaterite libertarian-republican

Robert Heinlein called the Grandfather of Science Fiction, has long been identified as one of the greatest of libertarian writers. But this may be the first time he's received the "libertarian Republican" label.

From a review of influential books by Daniel McCarthy the Tory Anarchist at The American Conservative March 31 on-line:

Robert Heinlein, Red Planet (1983). Since this was the first non-picture-book I read, it should be fair to say it influenced me. The only conscious influence I can detect is that it sufficiently enjoyable that I was motivated to read more. Subconsciously, though, who knows? Heinlein was a Goldwaterite libertarian-republican, I learned what an IOU was from reading this book, and as I recall it ends with the young protagonist’s Martian friend having to leave his human society and rejoin his own people — something of a cultural particularist theme, perhaps?

Note - Heinlein was a proud Veteran of the US Navy, and unlike other libertarians of the day, took a very strong on defense view, particularly against the rise of Communism and the Soviet Union.

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