But Heinlein believed in an absolute hierarchy of the self-made. For all his life, he never got out of that- he even thought it was reasonable to sell air- and the folks on the lower third of the brightness curve would be promptly eliminated, causing no further inconvenience or clutter. "Managed Democracy would not have bothered him--as long as he was one of the managers.  
I grew up with Heinlein-from "Have space suit, will travel", to "Stranger in a Strange Land"- my favorite.

There was a time when Science fiction, under the iron editing fist of Campbell of Analog magazine, was a thinly veiled attack forum for all the unwashed drug-soaked lazy parasite hippies- like me- and Heinlein seemed to fit in pretty well with that lot---except he was such a great story teller. Most of Campbell's tame attack dogs were not very good.
But "Starship Trooper" finally turned me off.
It was such a good story- a fun read-- that, when I really comnsidered the implications, it scared me.

Useful talking follows experience, the more experience the better. Talking that precedes experience is known as bullshit.