>In other words, it's political propaganda poorly disguised as a
>scholarly work. Decidedly not the first time -that's- happened. =)

Mm,=no, I don't think the agenda in play here is political, as such. The closing is too nihilistic for that. Ellis isn't pushing for a political outcome so much as voicing a weirdly academic parallel to your freaky-ass sigblock, oddly enough. (WTF is with that, anyway?) I can't quote it right now for logistical reasons but will try to remember to do so tomorrow.

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