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*** He goes so far in the economics rant as to tell the reader to go gather a whole bunch of odds and ends to ''act out'' a model of his argument and see for themselves how right he is.
** ''[[The Cat Who Walks Through Walls]]'' contains yet another example, wherein the two main characters stop what they're doing to discuss the virtues of libertarianism and how wrong-headed the alternatives are.
*** InMinor fairnesscorrection: the protagonists aredid not 'stop what they were doing' to argue, they were already waiting for a train at the time. andYou soare havecorrect nothingin elsethat tonothing dorequired exceptthe argue,author andto theynot arehave boththem academicsjust whowait love to argue''quietly''.
** "Prof" in ''[[The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress]]''; Oscar at the beginning and end of ''[[Glory Road (novel)|Glory Road]]''; Lorenzo Smythe in ''[[Double Star]]''; "Doc" in ''[[Red Planet (novel)|Red Planet]]''.
** ''[[Stranger in A Strange Land]]'' has diatribes from Jubal about the evils of organized religion. It's not really clear whether or not Heinlein was truly advocating the type of government he depicts in ''[[Starship Troopers (novel)|Starship Troopers]]'', but Jubal really does seem to be a mouthpiece for the author.
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