Tuesday, January 06, 2026

RANDOM THOUGHT on the 'warmth of collectivism' from Heinlein's Starship Troopers> (1959):
Mmmm .... ever see sheep huddle together in a snowstorm?

Try it.

I don't recommend it as a way to sleep; you are either in the outer layer, frozen on one side and trying to worm your way inside, or you are inside, fairly warm but with everybody else trying to shove his elbows, feet and halitosis on you. You migrate from one condition to the other all night long in a sort of Brownian movement, never quite waking up and never really sound asleep. All this makes a night about a hundred years long.
Keep in mind that NYC is looking forward to enjoying 1,461 nights of the 'warmth of collectivism'....

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