They may well be social insurance schemes, but to see this group as monolithically dependent is wrong headed, misguided, and ultimately self-destructive for Governor Romney.
The viability of a self-published Not The Booker is clearly dependent on finding a system for submissions that marries the delightful chaos of the existing process with some genuine quality control.
He has endeavored, in every way that he could to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life.