VLVL "the Movement"

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> >
> > Dissident Left? Why? I can't imagine why anyone
> > would apply this term to Pynchon.
> 
> And I've some difficulty why anyone would read Pynchon
> as politically conservative.  Let me know ...

I never said I  read Pynchon as a political conservative. In fact, I
said Pynchon is not a political conservative. That's obvious. Isn't it?
What kind of conservative is Pynchon? He is a conservative in lots of
different senses. For example, he's something of a Luddite. Isn't he?
That's a rather conservative stance.  Pynchon defines a Luddite as an
early Trade Unionist. He champions hard work and traditional working
class American values.  Pynchon condemns the exploitation of the working
class. Again, a conservative American value. Favoring traditional views
and values; tending to oppose change, traditional or restrained in
style, a moderate and cautious and conservative person.  That's Tom.