Late capitalism a quote

[rich]

I still find it interesting no one from the union shows up to Webb's
funeral. as Reef says 'fuck'em'. I like when Pynchon throws in those little
nuances

rich

On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 9:21 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>> >
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