Did you even read Starship Troopers? It was a typical Heinlein novel of his middle years that explored a segment of a speculative future society.
It is based upon the middle America values of Missouri and teaches responsibility for ones actions as well as the need for sacrifice in times when the homeland is in peril.
No matter what you soy boys think of it, this is a truer objective than the crazy years (also Heinlein predicted) that you seem to treasure.
The movies were entirely crap and did not, in the least sense, represent what the book was about.
I read it. Clearly. Are you reaponding to what I quoted from the author?
“Starship Troopers” was a utopian novel; in the context of the fight for survival of humanity against an implacable alien foe, he depicts a more just and sustainable republic. Full citizenship is not granted as a birthright, nor on the basis of race, social status or property ownership. Rather, only those who demonstrate dedication to the common good by placing their lives on the line are trusted to vote. I think Heinlein had a very good point there, but the movie version missed it altogether.