[metricspaces]

the thought occurs that Jane was obsessing over such matters as a disempowered member of her society. another thought is that romantic nonsense was a mind virus created by the elite to psychologically knee-cap the middle class.

[thfuran]

What a bizarre notion. Which elite exactly do you think are responsible? Love stories are arrested at least as far back as ancient Greece, so clearly romantic nonsense pre-dates any current elites.