Hmm, how do you know that the veterans are a minority? Does it say so in the book?
Yes.
NO. In fact, Heinlein addresses that when one of the students in the H&MP class suggests that they are a minority. On some of the planets, the veterans are the majority and greatly outnumber the civillians.
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Yes.
NO. In fact, Heinlein addresses that when one of the students in the H&MP class suggests that they are a minority. On some of the planets, the veterans are the majority and greatly outnumber the civillians.