I tend to see them as a study on human nature. What motivates people into acting, what makes a wise decision as opposed to an unwise one, and what does it take to achieve one’s most heartfelt desire.

Besides, they are one of the most egalitarian media forms around. Rich or poor, smart or not smart, old or young, it combines all the qualities and produces something good in human affairs. You don’t get that from much of anything else, except maybe military science fiction.

In my opinion, Helen Brooks (who is identified at times in the “about the author” sections as a Christian) is one of the better writers. However, a lot of the time the heroine is relatively poor and/or quite emotionally damaged and the hero is a multi-millionaire or billionaire (he may or may not be scarred physically or emotionally). Not too much like real life!

I like some of Jessica Steele’s books — the heroines are usually virgins, by the way — but a lot of the books seem to follow a similar storyline.

In this respect, he continued his precognitive predictions.

Europe will always suffer from an aristocracy and class conflict. I have the sneaking suspicion that class conscientiousness is quite prevalent in Europe. You know, the automatic respect and awe given to royalty and those with money. Could the paparrazi truly make so much money covering the Royal Family if there was not an intense interest in them? In America, Hollywood is our celebrities and royalty. They act like it, and they are even more rich and wealthy. With far more power than a Constitutional Monarch has, because they are not required to withdraw from political policies. However, in America, there is not this inherent belief that someone is superior because their blood goes back 5 centuries. There is not this belief of a social superiority for those with titles and money.

Donald Trump can talk equally with Bill O’Reilly or any other articulate person, regardless of wealth. Wealth is not something that separates people in terms of social consciousness. What does separate people is inherent talent, intelligence, and education. There are high societies, but there are also Chinatowns in America’s melting pot. Self-segregation is something people are comfortable with, because they like being with peopl that are also like them and understand their life experiences.

But all in all, money and status, is not brought up often, except when it is told as a joke.

I remember all those stories about the ton in Britain. Those aristocrats were prevented from working at a ‘trade’, which meant that their income was limited by investments and the rent they accrued from their estates. Not very productive, but also very stable. Those without titles, mayhave invested in the West India Company and got rich speculating off of goods and trade. But the new rich were never as good as the old rich, because the old rich had “titles” and “bloodlines”.

I remember the Tony Martin affair. The people of Britain have been reduced to people crazed in fear. They don’t know how to use their weapons, because they are told it is illegal to practice it for self-defense. So not only are they afraid they will be hurt by the thief and mugger, but they are also afraid of being prosecuted if they succede. So it’s that lovely socialist Catch 22. If you win, you can get jailed like Tony Martin, who over-reacted simply because the state had given him no choice, no help, and no human right to self-defense. If you lose, the muggers will beat the crap out of you and cave in your skull, and get like a year in jail for it.

This is known as paralysis and freezing in military terms. Where the mind cannot decide what to do, because all avenues of action have negative consequences. Where is the discipline of the British people, that once allowed them to do what is right even in the face of adversity? Where has it disappeared to?

Is this the price of socialism and nanny care? Is this the price o disarmament and banning of handguns? I think they are still paying the interest on their loans.