Why does Pynchon appear to reference MK Ultra in books published before the program was uncovered?
Why does Pynchon appear to reference MK Ultra in books published before the program was uncovered?
Thomas Myers
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Cooper Lopez
Which books and segments do you mean specifically
Leo Hughes
Because Pynchon knew about MKULTRA. Ken Kesey was a subject in the program while living in California, and even stole drugs from MKULTRA to use recreationally. Anyone who knew Kesey or was part of the west coast literary community would have known about the program, and there were likely other, less famous leaks.
It's also likely that Pynchon had friends from Cornell who went to work at the CIA. That agency was all Ivy-League back in the day.
Isaac Turner
Hilarius giving Oedipa pyschedelics in COL49
Adrian Nguyen
There'a a guy on twitter with like a million Pynchon conspiracy/hidden message threads. They're so detailed that even some of the wackier ones come off as plausible.
Kayden Cox
the idea of MKULTRA wasnt really that original. you mean torturing and drugging people for extended periods of time might make them more cooperative? wow im sure nobody knew about that one until the CIA did it.
hint: read naked lunch
Kevin Morgan
Die Brucke ... good question. He knew.
Owen Myers
tcol49 literally has a former nazi doctor prescribing lsd to unknowing patients
Jeremiah Thomas
and naked lunch literally has a former nazi doctor brainwashing people into eating shit or something, its not special, it was a common trope of the time.
Juan Martin
mk ultra did not involve brainwashing citizens to eat shit
James Jackson
kek
Carter Peterson
thats what you think, kiddo
Lucas Walker
link? I'd love to see some.
Kevin Miller
thats what t h e y want you to think
Xavier Thompson
There aren't as many as I remember, but if you get a kick out of paranoid communists, you might find something of interest mobile.twitter.com
Nathaniel Jackson
I pretty much am one. Had a psychosis this year that made me think the local Trotskyists were after me. Idk why, since all they do is sell newspapers and wear kaffiyahs. Thanks though.
Elijah Mitchell
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Xavier Hernandez
oops
Chase Gomez
Conspiracies about secret government programs are older than the 60s
Thomas Morris
Speaking of this, what was the bit about the little creature in Gabriel Ice's underground vault supposed to be?
Jason Murphy
>Moot and Snacks were teenage recruits by the Spooks to attract neckbeard virgins to complain and post pictures of cats
Sounds about right