Rich Lawyer with a "Wetback" Shrink?

[tess marek]

Strange? Well, it's Pynchon. 



Per capita income in the USA at the time was around
7K. 
On Long Island it was higher, around 8-9K. But Flange
spent $1,000 on a stereo! Must have been a kick ass
system. And he spends big buck on his Park Avenue
Shrink too. But his Shrink is a "wetback" named
Geronimo Diaz? Wha? Diaz is a famous Mexican name. 
Could P have Porfirio Diaz in mind here? 

Diaz' intellectual elite, the cientificos
(loosely translated as scientists), believed in "the
survival of the fittest." They argued that societies
could only progress through ruthless competition
among individuals and the application of "scientific"
principles to government. 



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