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There's philosophy and then there's the real application. There are tons of lines that, when crossed, we as a society consider evil. Rape, torture, murder etc. are usually considered "evil enough" for perpetrators to be permanently removed from society.

Heinlein liked to turn sociopolitical thought experiments into novels. Stranger in a Strange Land was published a year and a half after Starship Troopers. If you're not familiar, it's basically about starting a massively successful free-love commune religion. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, five years later, is about a libertarian (arguably anarchic, by some definitions) revolution for independence.

I think any attribution of advocacy for any of the political ideologies expressed in his books, even when vindicated by the narrative, misses the point a bit. It seems much more likely that he was exploring various political ideas through the narrative form.

Kinda like this post about The Twilight Zone:

I was always told by military people, the longer you serve, the more you hate it. That only people going hoorah after getting out were the ones that served like a month long type stuff.