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Originally posted by theminx:
I'll give you a final Johnny Depp-count when I finish up. I'm still at one iteration, and they've all made it to Vancouver...

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Originally posted by UberDog:

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Originally posted by theminx:
I'll give you a final Johnny Depp-count when I finish up. I'm still at one iteration, and they've all made it to Vancouver...

There are two. The second is when he points him out to Brown in the car.

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Originally posted by M:
Roth becomes more and more desperate during the late 20's and early 30's (he died in -38). Reading his writings, I wondered if WG is on the same path, seeing something we don't recognize, even if it is right in front of us?

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Originally posted by theminx:

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Originally posted by UberDog:

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Originally posted by theminx:
I'll give you a final Johnny Depp-count when I finish up. I'm still at one iteration, and they've all made it to Vancouver...

There are two. The second is when he points him out to Brown in the car.

Well, technically, twice is "multiple times" I suppose

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Originally posted by Psychophant:

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Originally posted by M:
Roth becomes more and more desperate during the late 20's and early 30's (he died in -38). Reading his writings, I wondered if WG is on the same path, seeing something we don't recognize, even if it is right in front of us?

He certainly felt a bit like that in 2004, and the book is, in my eyes, tainted by the need, in his eyes, to have a clear message, when he usually works better with a more oblique approach. But subtlety is not good when freedom is at stake.

He appears more relaxed this year, both here and in person. I wonder if the normalcy of the elections circus has dispelled some of his fears, or the Democrat check, inefficient though it usually is, of the government gives him hope.

However what I believe is the greater social menace, population movement throughout the world, whether from political, economical or environmental reasons, will be the biggest source of conflict in the future, as it is getting increasingly important now. And that will not go away by changing presidents.

Roth records how a Democracy is subverted by fear, envy and resentment into a vicious tiranny of the majority. Something we are seeing more and more in most Western countries. Just because the states are terrified of change, as they were then. Now we just need a frightened populace and we have our deja vu.