is this movie meant to be Satire? - Starship Troopers (1997) Discussion

It's meant to be a satire of conservative values, note how the uniforms all look NAZI, even though NAZI's were Socialists?

He doesn't do a very good job of it though as at times he satirizes Left wing as well. The co-ed showers being a perfect example. It is also highly unlikely a conservative culture would throw women into combat as they do here.

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Are you kidding? It's a satire of Nazi values. You assume that is the same as "conservative"? That explains a lot. If right wingers feel threatened by being called out to be Nazis then maybe that's because they act like Nazis. As for your analysis of left wing satire: there is nothing funny about the shower scene. Where did you get the assumption THAT part was supposed to be satirical? Lastly, no women in combat for conservatives? Yeah okay, they want chicks only to be breeding machines, but in all honesty conservatives are driven by pure capitalism and the main rule of capitalism is "if I can get it cheaper for more profit I will". By getting women into the military you'd actually shift from supply and demand, because suddenly more little soldiers are competing for their place in the force. Hence, they can get less wages. So yes, right winger would totally put women into service, because to them soldiers are cheap canon fodder, nothing more.