American Death (was: Plastics!! (and coal tar))

[Tom Stanton]

> > TS asks: ever wonder if GR is a parable to Amerika about how *not* to become
> > the Germany of WW2?

> hg (hag at iafrica.com) replies: At the risk of annoying davemarc, how would such a 
> view deal with the "American Death" reference (below)?
> 	"In Africa, Asia, Amerindia, Oceania, Europe came and established its order
> 	of Analysis and Death... <snip for space> ...Now we are in the last phase. 
>	American Death has come to occupy Europe. It has learned empire from the old 
>	metropolis. But now we have only the structure left us..." (GR, 722).

European Death coming full circle (snake's alive) in its American form. If that's
not a warning, what is? Wishing I had my GR here to quote further.

TS