How is Pynchon a conservative?

[Paul Mackin]

One reason Pynchon might have wanted to hold himself apart from the
beats was that in theory the beats were supposed to stand for being very
spontaneous, writing from direct experience, with little or no revision,
etc. 

The exact opposite of P's approach.

Of course in practice the beat writers were probably more systematic and
studied than they pretended, say as in a work such as "On the Road."


Another thing, the beats were generally apolitical. Didn't believe in
trying to change anything through left politics or such.

Would P have reacted negatively to this stance. Terrance would say no
and that the 50's P was politically conservative. 

Might this have been so but he was later infected by the New Left? My
memory of his age cohort makes me believe such an outcome would be
likely. Revolution was in the air.