Does anyone find it interesting that Lana is Iranian? And the positive representation of Russians in "The Russian Billionaire"?
In this forum, there is no need to argue why a Putin, Trump, Caesar, is not a dictator, or a madman. Most people I know, however, repeat it as an obvious leitmotif, so yes the two or three positive references to Putin is something.
Like Lana's Iranian origins, as represented by her mother, in my reading when I discovered this, I took a little mental break.
All doubt, despair, and fear become insignificant when the intention of life becomes love.
Rûmi.
I've been thinking about the abundance of sex scenes, most of which occur in the early parts of each book. I think that might be to draw the reader in and get them in the right state of mind so that the lessons about the reality can then slip in under the radar. Sort of like using their own weapons against them.
As there are snakes in costume, and wolves in sheep's clothing.
There must also be a balance in this "role play".
One can say that the author has found a good disguise.
And also it may be that these sexual scenes "satisfy" the controllers, that despite the "revelations" to the general public, the domination/torture side described cruelly reflects what really excites them, and that in their sick balance, this is priceless, because they feed on it.
A few years ago, I read an article by
@bjorn on SOTT about paedophilia, where a journalist interviewed a self-righteous guy, in front of a floor of fairly young spectators, who said that for a young child to reach orgasm, he had to cry, struggle and refuse... ...
In some ways these children of the very rich are similar to abused and traumatised children at the bottom of the social ladder, except that they don't end up dead on drugs, or in prison (This is not a generalization!), or whatever, they are rigorously "educated" to maintain the status quo/agenda, and the "weak" ones shunned and hidden away.
I worked for 3 years in a landscaping shop in the heart of a chic district of Paris. There is a lot to say, but I remember what a bourgeois friend told me about the wives of these gentlemen, he called them "egg-layers".
Some time ago I took my 12 year old nephew, the son of a financier, and his friend, whom I did not know at all, to a tree-climbing championship. I have known my nephew since he was a child, but with his friend I felt like I had two "adults" with me. The way they express themselves to each other, the way they ask me things, the way they look at people and their environment, and again the way they express themselves according to the gender of the person and the degree of authority they meet. This "ability" to gauge who is who. And this very mature relationship with money. And we only spent 6 hours together.
I was sawed in half, to stay with the atmosphere of the championship!