Irbis wrote:Connor MacLeod wrote:Honor Harrington isn't so much right wing as it is libertarian (IIRC)
Series where good guys are an alliance of jingoist
monarchies,
Parliamentary democracy is right-wing now?
RELIGION makes you strong,
Unless it makes you a homicidal maniac antagonist...
every center- or left-leaning party is populated by imbeciles...
NOW you have a point.
Also of note, decision by left-leaning guy who found himself in power to turn down military spending on FUCKHUGE military and instead to invest in technological edge is one single thing that saved his country, and gave Manticore source of free manpower to continue the war.
Wait who what?
[sorry, I'm despoilering because anyone who by now hasn't read the earlier Harrington novels has no excuse, some of them have been in print for 15-20 years and are literally available online for free]
Yet he is still vilified, disgraced, and shat upon, and it's jingoist right-wingers who grabbed power from him that get to reap rewards from his reforms - despite voting against them. How a character can in one chapter tear her political enemy for decommissioning obsolete ships, then in battle several chapters later say few remaining obsolete ships she has are only junk weighting her modern ones down, and never reflect on how idiotic her speeches were (despite her being supposedly military genius) I will never know.
Good point. When exactly did that happen? I don't disagree, but I don't remember, either.
Also, yes real military geniuses are sometimes political idiots. Frankly, Harrington's political skills never really matured beyond the "sit quietly and listen to advisers" level, or at least I can't remember her ever exercising political skills herself instead of borrowing someone else's.