Glad this worked out. I read a book I hadn't thought of otherwise and finished. Will be looking forward to the next.
I like their concept of service grants citizenship, since there was more description of their government in the OCS section. Essentially that in order to have a say, you have to have given up part of your own person in interest of the government at some point. That whole thought process goes deeper as they do the same thing in their military, where the leadership must have had been one of those they lead. I didn't necessarily change my thought on it but when Johnnie's father had joined up years later, it showed that it was a bit more fair too. Because, if this were our government, I'm not sure I'd have made the choice to serve as an 18 year old but appreciate the fact it's not a now or never opportunity.
Another thought, since I've mentioned multiple times how it felt like a dystopia, or an all-too-perfect world, when that was in my head I was still working in reference to a universe of just humans. Comparing to the real world today, it's unfathomable to think that it's possible to have a society with what seems like so little infighting, but I failed to account for the common non-human enemy in the bugs.
Glad this worked out. I read a book I hadn't thought of otherwise and finished. Will be looking forward to the next.
I like their concept of service grants citizenship, since there was more description of their government in the OCS section. Essentially that in order to have a say, you have to have given up part of your own person in interest of the government at some point. That whole thought process goes deeper as they do the same thing in their military, where the leadership must have had been one of those they lead. I didn't necessarily change my thought on it but when Johnnie's father had joined up years later, it showed that it was a bit more fair too. Because, if this were our government, I'm not sure I'd have made the choice to serve as an 18 year old but appreciate the fact it's not a now or never opportunity.
Another thought, since I've mentioned multiple times how it felt like a dystopia, or an all-too-perfect world, when that was in my head I was still working in reference to a universe of just humans. Comparing to the real world today, it's unfathomable to think that it's possible to have a society with what seems like so little infighting, but I failed to account for the common non-human enemy in the bugs.