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Originally Posted by Trench-Viper
I do think that Cobra has an ideology.
They are meritocratic facists with a military bent. That is they belive the strong should rule and one should always obey the ones above you in the chain of command because they are better than you. This is liked to their belief that democracy is evil and corrupt and that the world is best served with a strong supreme leader.
The militaristic bent takes form of their incredible desire to uniform everything and everybody LoL.
Their meritocratic idiology is tainted with their love of ruthlessness or their view of ruthlessness being a mental quality rather than a lack of mental quality.
Its Heinelens vision of the perfect political system but with more realistic characterization of the individuals within the organization.
Off course their ideology is vaugely described by Larry Hama as he focused on the individuals personal journey.
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Are you referring to Robert A. Heinlein? If so I have to disagree. Heinlein was a vocal supporter of Democracy but he did think it could be improved. In his books he brought up the idea that people's right to vote should be earned through voluntary service to their country. He also believed that people should be required to serve their country before they would be able to run for political office.
Cobra has been portrayed as a Dictatorship or Totalitarianism. Cobra Commander made himself the leader of Cobra without anyone's consent and he has no intention of ever giving up that power.
From the impression I got from his writing, Cobra would be opposite of what Heinlein believed in.