The more history and parapolitics you learn, when you re-read Thomas Pynchon you’ll catch more of the DEEP references he smuggled in his books.
This one is from “V.” Chapter 7. It references the Medicis and the Marranos, the general “vibe” around the Fabian Socialists, The Italian Faschiste movement, Operation GLADIO and the Nazi World War 2 “plan B” that was South America (with countries like Venezuela).
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