Not Keynes but Marx on capitalism Re: JMKeynes on casino capitalism in Pynchon's Against the Day. So to Borges--ize

[Mark Kohut]

"It has drowned out the most heavenly ecstacies of religious fervor, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation."--Marx on capitalism

--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: JMKeynes on casino capitalism in Pynchon's Against the Day. So to  Borges--ize
> To: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 1:07 AM
> JM Keynes on lasting values:
> "In the long run we are all dead"
> 
> also, the Scrooge emulation, making his millions
> speculating against
> the Weimar Deutschmark
> 
> 
> - hey, maybe that queer theorist guy that alice cited had a
> point...
> 
> 
> (nah, those are cheap shots)
> (it's not gender, race or creed, it's all about class:
> Keynes came from a class
> that does things like make millions off the german
> inflation...)
>