V-2nd. V. the cure for what it purports to find?

[Mark Kohut]

Michael Bailey wrote this:
c) in fact, there's a reading that appeals to me, where Stencil's
seeking in history the roots of that malaise, and/or an understanding
of V. as an antidote to it (that is, the understanding of V. would be
the anodyne), somewhat as a psychiatric patient seeks in analysis to
understand the forces shaping his or her condition...
 
which I wanted to post as my header to today's post about Benny's first
intelligence of the long history and large number of love of machines in history...