>>149780192>Was Heinlein this severe?Not entirely; Heinlein explored various radical politics through the eyes of CHARACTERS who were true believers, but the flaws were still evident with a careful enough reading. One can read Starship Troopers through the lens of Rico being a young man suckered into the military by jingoism and a biased educational system in humanity's very long history of young men being suckered into joining the military. One can read Stranger in a Strange Land as a commentary on the way that money, law, and self-interest influence the development and spread of religion. Even The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, which is probably closest to his actual politics, still shows that there are problems the Moonites have that a more "Earthly" culture wouldn't, and they only gain independence by threatening Earth with rocks.
Heinlein himself was always very explicit about how he didn't see the cultures/societies he wrote about as BEING "ideal", but rather as explorations of possibilities, and rejections of the idea that only 50s-era cultural norms were valid. He liked history and social science, and as such was keenly aware that there's a vast spectrum of human society.
Someone like tats though seems to be fully and uncritically caught up in what he preaches; whether radfem, TERF, christian nationalist, or neopagan nazi, he is all in: zero nuance, curiosity, or self-awareness.