NP - W von Braun on Nazi Hunter doc

[Thomas Eckhardt]

> Didn't Wilhelm Reich say something about at a certain level the
> Germans wanted a dictator? This then makes me think about how some of
> Pynchon's characters (Frenesi for example) gravitate toward these
> fascistic personalities.

This is a recurring and controversial trope in Pynchon to this day 
(Windust and Maxine): the longing for the dictator/the father figure/the 
fascist etc. Having read neither Reich nor Brown, I am reminded of "The 
Authoritarian Personality":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Authoritarian_Personality






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