Late capitalism a quote

[David Morris]

I think Rich’s take on ease and pragmatics proves true as presented by
Pynchon when you examine the case of Webb Traverse in ATD.  Webb starts out
a truly likable guy, but still die-hard anti-owner/pro-labor,
criminal-activist who parts ways with his youngest son over a dispute about
principles.  But over the course of the book, things change…  including
Webb.  I’ll get back to you all about the nature of that change in ATD, but
it shouldn’t be surprising to anyone that Pynchon doesn’t see these things
in B&W.

On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 8:48 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> you all blame capitalism like you blame religion, state, technology or the
> matrix. easy to offload all that angst onto a concept. maybe it makes you
> feel better but nothing changes, does it? most of us dont want radical
> change. the simple matter is whatever we live in provides to most. that may
> be hard to stomach. but it's true. prophets are the biggest hypocrites
>
> rich
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> On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 12:04 AM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>
> > This topic came up earlier and I just found this quote in conversation
> > about Igor paying Maxine for warning about Madoff pyramid scheme. Madoff
> > had a Pynchonian name without even trying. One of Madoff's kids was at a
> > school where I teach an evening  art class . Very hard on him.
> >
> > March
> > “No, I meant late capitalism is a pyramid racket on a global scale, the
> > kind of pyramid you do human sacrifices up on top of, meantime getting
> the
> > suckers to believe it’s all gonna go on forever.”
> >
> >
> >
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