VL-Hub's monologue

[Bekah]

nationalize the whole bunch of 'em -  auto,  banks,  defense,  what  
else?   (NOT ag.)

Bekah

On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: <kelber at mindspring.com>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:36 PM
> Subject: VL-Hub's monologue
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>> (p. 288-291):  This is one of the high points of the book, in my  
>> opinion. Hub's monologue/diatribe on IATSE vs. CSU captures the  
>> essence of everything that went wrong with the American labor  
>> movement, bringing it to its current sorry state.  His culminating  
>> words:
>>
>> "'...I let the world slip away, made my shameful peace, joined the  
>> IA, retired soon's I could, sold off my only real fortune -- my  
>> precious anger -- for a lot of got-dam shadows.'"
>>
>> speak not only to the dissolution of the labor movement, but to  
>> the fizzling of the "spirit" of the 60s.
>>
>> Laura
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>>
>
> Anger's a lot in the news these days, though in a somewhat  
> different context than the one Hub is operating in.
>
> How do p-listers feel about allowing the Giants that are too big to  
> fail to just fail anyway?
>
> Would mean a lot more suffering for the weakest of us.
>
> Probably would mean more p-list unemployment than already exists.
>
> Might mean the country (countries) would end up with REAL fascism  
> like Europe in the thirties.
>
> Or is Obama correct?  That it is very dangerous to rule from anger.
>
> If capitalism as we know is ever going to be toppled, now is an  
> opportunity not to be wasted.
>
> P