Children of the Revolution?

[Terrance]

> 
> I am in agreement with Rob here. One of the reasons I love Vineland so much
> is the maturity it shows in its critique of the left and the right: Pynchon
> treats both sides to satire and criticism; gentle, compassionate, or
> unflinching as needed. It's less "us" vs. "them" and more a farce of
> positions. The characters are all aligned in a mutable field of power
> dynamics, and "us" and "them" seem more relative than in GR. After all,
> Hector is hardly a tyrannical force of evil, and even Brock in the end is
> just a player with an inflated sense of importance. And of course, Frenesi
> was something of a  traitor, and Prairie reaches out to Brock....

Wait a minute there cowgirls! Let's not get our left boots caught in the
wrong stirrup. 

What Left and what Right are we talking about here?