SLSL Succession of the Criminally Insane (was Has anyone seen a Pynchon book lately?)

[prozak at anus.com]

> You find this a valid descriptor, do you?  "That
> succession of the criminally insane who have enjoyed
> power since 1945"?
> 
> One after another, all criminally insane?  That, say,
> Eisenhower, hauled into court and charged for his
> actions in the political arena would be fairly found
> guilty of felonies and/or misdemeanors?  And,
> evaluated by competent medical practitioners, he would
> as well be judged insane?  

Not to jump in, but it seems to me that Pynchon is speaking on the 
paradigmatic level, not an individual one. Those who thrive most in 
this system are criminally insane.

I agree his descriptor is terse - there's more to the story.

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