Culture wars

What amazing characters, the delightful interaction between an 19th century sailor and a 21st century ministry of time worker is quite astounding.  And the bleakness of the future it shows is quite profound.  But the author sailed her ship just a little to close to the storyline run by the romcom, for I don't believe she was hoping for a romcom.  And the elements of culture wars were lost to the romcom spirit.

Images from the news collaged together, or... There is an interesting difference between the lines drawn, on the one hand, by the state and, on the other hand by the individual.  But when the state draws a line is it not an individual who has, perhaps, consulted their cronies, drawing the line.  And then sets their watchdogs to enforce the line? But they only need to enforce the line because they didn't draw the line where the individual thought it reasonable.

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