The Arms Race Is A Race Between

All The Things We Value In Society Don't Mean Much In Fiction.

When Communism Failed, It Wasn't A Good Idea That Had Gone Wrong, It Was A Bad Idea That Had Been Sustained With Incredible Determination In The Face Of All The Commonsense Arguments, And At The Cost Of 20 Million Lives At Least, In Russia, To Build The Socialist Utopia.

In America, The Policeman Is A Working-class Hero. In England, The Policeman Is A Working-class Traitor.

Novelists Are Stamina Merchants, Grinders, Nine-to-fivers, And Their Career Curves Follow The Usual Arc Of Human Endeavour.

Everyone Is Right Up There At The Very Brink Of Their Pain Limit.