VL-IV 1: other peripheral considerations

[Michael Bailey]

 Michael Bailey (that dufus) wrote:

>  but not his union dues, apparently...
>  throwing this out as a sidebar - Zoyd's love for Frenesi may be real or not
>  (I tend to think it is) but he's way unaffiliated
>  which hampers him in the contest for her soul...
>

but of course, that is a building block for the scheme and theme: the
vulnerability of popular movements to demagoguery and police snitchery
can only be circumvented by personal loyalties - as in Takeshi's chits
(and the large diversely-affiliated circle of friends Zoyd has); and
the artistic soul (which in this book is Zoyd's) can't really be drawn
in by politics or ideology because it is more involved with beauty and
love