Against the Day. A brilliantly vicious observation which might take off from "to each according to his need"? And the eternal present. O this writer.

[Mark Kohut]

#Pynchon <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Pynchon&src=hash> in Against the
Day, p. 36. "In these times, 'need' arises directly from criminal acts of
the rich, so it 'deserves' whatever amount of money will atone for it."