Pynchon's Luddite politics

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In einer eMail vom 07.07.00 21:29:44 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt 
eric at shrubwalkers.com:

<< 
 Doug Millison wrote:
 >It's precisely the distinction between government and corporations 
 >that Pynchon erases in his writing
 
 Exactly.  My point was that Luddism is not the only perspective that sees
 this as a bad and dangerous phenomenon.  My own political views, which are
 libertarian, also loathe the combination of government and corporations --
 but in my case, it's not because the power of corporations corrupt
 government, but because the power of government corrupts corporations.
  >>
>From an "European" point of view, the so called "libertarians" in the US with 
their combination of the "religion of private property" and anarchism is a 
very strange thing. Bakunin would turn in his grave if he would hear this. 
For  me, the capitalist society needs both - corporations   a n d   the 
state. Corporations are only interested in their "individual" profit - the 
state "incorporates" the "general intellect" of all capitalists. Without the 
state there would be only - chaos, as in such countries, who are not or bad 
integrated in the world economy.
Oh what a lovely (economic) war!
kwp