@cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop
Post #717720
2026-03-22 21:25 UTC
@su_liam@mas.to @bruce@darkmoon.social @dearlove@mathstodon.xyz That was a Heinlein shibboleth, back to the late 1960s I think (it was *definitely* in The Number of the Beast). So the Star Trek writers room was stealing ideas from elsewhere.
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@su_liam@mas.to 2026-03-22 22:05
@cstross @bruce @dearlove The idea of twisting Heinlein into a socialist liberal utopia without getting sued makes me smile.
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@jguillaumes@mastodont.cat 2026-03-28 10:11
@cstross @su_liam @bruce @dearlove it was but the inhabitants of that universe didn’t speak about it. But there was no ‘lawyers’ section in the yellow pages… (Wonder how many post-boomer people understands what does this mean)