This is clearly a crypto-Marxist allusion to the factors that keep society balanced. When he 'smokes two joints' expresses a deep realisation that the bonds between honest working class folk are destroyed by the huge growth available from capital investment, compared with overall economic growth, causing instability in capitalist society.
This couldn't be spelt out more clearly than in the reference to war and peace, the eternal crucible capitalism uses to oppress the person in the street. Sadly the authour's parents are complicit in this destructive cycle.
This is clearly a crypto-Marxist allusion to the factors that keep society balanced. When he 'smokes two joints' expresses a deep realisation that the bonds between honest working class folk are destroyed by the huge growth available from capital investment, compared with overall economic growth, causing instability in capitalist society.
This couldn't be spelt out more clearly than in the reference to war and peace, the eternal crucible capitalism uses to oppress the person in the street. Sadly the authour's parents are complicit in this destructive cycle.