I disagree violently with the central propositions around which The Cantos are organized; I think of Ezra Pound as anincredibly generous person. All the propositions I the Essay on Man are wrong, but it is nevertheless a fount of wisdom.
^^^^^ CB: Analogously, Carrol Cox's discussion of Marxism and left politics has many exactly wrong propositions, but in a sort of negative dialectic, responding to Carrol's discussion critically generates some very clear correct statements about these subjects.
Overall, responding to the "Reactionary Mind" should not mystify the topic. It has no secret essence. It's aim should be to generate popular rhetoric against the many reactionary themes in mass American political discourse.