Counterforce fate in GR
It seems to be common to view the part 4 of GR as Pynchon showing us why and how counter culture failed to do shit. But I don't understand exactly what does this mean - as there barely any intext exploration of it, aside from counterforce representative blaming Them for separating them(we have no reason to believe this is reliable btw).
My best quess, is that counterforce had failed from the start because they have brought in into all these stupid ass conspiracy theories and are totally missing the point(that is, technology, man). The real "tragedy" of part 4 is the launch of 00001. The book treats 00000 as this incredibly important event/thing - it's culmination of the work by Blicero, who is basically the biggest They in the book. It's launch essentially destroys the book, ending it, equating it with apocalypsis.
Herero group headed by Enzian is the opposite. They don't seem to fit the setting, they doubt their own existance, they are hunted by every militirally side remaining - they are ultimate underdogs. And they recreate 00000 with 00001 by themselves and launch it, and the counterforce helps them do so.
And thats what the tragedy of the book - that even the most dangerous weapon can be recreated rather easily, which is all is a metaphor for nukes - and so we are all fucked. And I quess counter culture failed because it had ignored the technology