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Social Contract Theory for Stratocracy

Social Contract Theory for Stratocracy

Or "What Happens When John Locke meets Robert Heinlein?"

Nov 05, 2020
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A stratocracy is a form of government in which “citizens with mandatory or voluntary military service, or who have been honorably discharged, have the right to elect or govern.” The most famous stratocracies are the fictional Terran Federation presented in Robert A. Heinlein’s Starship Troopers and the real-world city-state of Sparta. A stratocracy sho…

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