

While exact plot details remain closely guarded, the new “Starship Troopers” is said to draw inspiration from Heinlein’s original military story, rather than pulling from the fascist send-up that characterized Verhoeven’s satirical adaptation.
Yeah, you don’t want to send up fascists today…
(Wonders if The Great Dictator and Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers would make a good double-bill.)
It’s good to support democratic values with our purchases.
But I wonder, for example re smartphones, how many of these alternatives are just European badges on a collection of parts made in China (even less of a democracy than Trump-ruled USA).
Taking Punkt as an example, I did various Qwant searches and came no closer to finding out where their phones and/or components are actually manufactured. (Very clear where the company is headquartered; “Swiss” and “Switzerland” are mentioned every 10 words :D , .ch domain, office in Lugano. But they never say that’s where the phones are manufactured.)