The Sci-Fi Roots of the Far Right—From ‘Lucifer’s Hammer’ to Newt’s Moon Base to Donald’s Wall
www.thedailybeast.com
Pournelle, Gingrich and Trump see a future that must be secured by authoritarian institutions that group together humanity’s best and prevent the rest from stifling them.
    • ProdigalFrogOPAEnglish
      5•2 months ago

      Orwell was a socialist, why would he be included?

      • Rayston
        8•2 months ago

        I mean, the government in that is arguably right wing, but then again they are also the bad guys

  • krolden
    1•2 months ago

    Wait so they mentioned SM Stirling once and not again. Is he a right winger? I can’t find anything on him about that.

    • ProdigalFrogOPAEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      I also cannot find anything on that front. He did a lot of collaborations with the other authors mentioned, like Pournelle and David Drake, and wrote about militaristic societies, but any information on his actual leanings is sparse.