It's About AMERICA!!!!!!!

[s~Z]

>>>Read Pynchon as you want, Keith.  But, he remains an
American writer; I don't see how anybody can change
that unless he chooses to become an "American
expatriate writer".<<<

I don't think his being an American has any bearing on the passage.
His mind doesn't seem limited by national boundaries, in any of his
writings.

>>> "Homeland" brings all its meanings to the party.<<<

This I completely agree with. That's why I think the passage refers to a
political dynamic and not to any specific historical event.