Vineland

[Michael Bailey]

jbor wrote:

> I think the "they" (both) in the last sentence has to be the owners of
> the voices, i.e the "bought and sold" who are mouthing the "countless
> lies" on the tv -- politicians primarily, I guess. They have sold out
> on whatever integrity they once had ("whatever they had once been") by
> the prospect of wealth and power (i.e. the "promises" by which they had
> been "bought and sold"). However, Frenesi is saying that they will
> "never get to collect" on those promises, because the revolution will
> prevail ("too many of us are learning to pay attention").
>
> It's complex, but not altogether incomprehensible.
>

so it's interesting that the interviewer breaks in to say "Never" at
exactly that point; having followed the argument and realized that
he/she may be holding some of those promises...
this could mean so many things!
1) at this point the conventional media decided to turn against them
2) humor: picture the interviewer as Rommel ("Ach, mein Arsch!")
3) grim "oh we shall just see about that young lady: Never? Nyah-hah-hah"
are just a few of the things that come to mind