Starship Troopers and the Fascists Who Don’t Know They’re Fascists

University seemed out of reach. Nobody in my family had gone past community college, my grades were unremarkable, and I had no idea how to even apply. I thought seriously about becoming a cop, but the police were a peril in everyday life; might as well become a pimp or a drug dealer.

But, by this time, movies had become my soma for a life without a futu…