Pynchon and the current situation

[David Morris]

>From: "Paul Mackin" The "real business of war" passage is a wonderful riff 
>on the control theme--how "They" control "Us" in deucedly clever ways we 
>may not be fully aware of and at least partly (as the passage makes clear) 
>for our own little-guy well-being. But, stop me if I'm wrong, no one could 
>possibly think it is any kind of left affirmation that WWII, Vietnam, 
>Infinite Jestise have been invented in order to create demand for munitions 
>and other goods and services thus providing enhanced profits for 
>capitalists. The passage addresses markets, competition, and human nature 
>including human aggression in a far more encompassing manner than what one 
>normally thinks of as profits or war profits. If one reads the passage only 
>literally it doesn't make a great deal a sense. But as I say it is 
>wonderfully evocative of the control theme.
>
>The above may be all too obvious..

The above is very well said and obviously not too obvious.

DM

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