It was a gag, it was all for a laugh

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It was a gag, it was all for a laugh
happy pride . i will draw something else probably i am just #lazy
I've always found this exchange funny in retrospect because after looking at this scene and the illegal tobacco scene, one may conclude that Lt. Milo Minderbinder:
Would abandon someone he considers a close friend and confidant for money
but
Would not work with someone he dislikes even if it was to save his business
But then I recently realized that the latter was only according to Yossarian, and that Milo did end up working with the person he supposedly held a strong grudge against. This is likely only an assumption that Yossarian made about him, and he believed it to be true. However I'm unsure if this is Yossarian expecting more out of Milo's personality than just capitalism because he likes him too much, or just Yossarian expecting more out of Milo's personality than just capitalism because that's literally how everyone else is; I have a personal bias.
Anyway this entire conversation they had about Milo, Egyptian cotton and the Zippo lighters is just wild to me, especially when considering that Yossarian'd known Wintergreen from back when he was in Colorado, and only met Milo after he'd come to Pianosa.
It's also interesting to see that Wintergreen was apparently already interested in working with Milo at this point.
Jus some silly Milo art I made at the library
the nefarious salesman
I just realized that the attempt to make people accept AI feels most to me like Milo Minderbinder in Catch-22 trying to feed people chocolate covered cotton, because he over-invested in it and can't get rid of it. If you haven't read the novel please do, I picked it up on a whim maybe 20 years ago having heard it was good and it did not disappoint. Just be ready because it can give you whiplash between being hilarious and very dark and heavy in parts.
fancy some chocolate covered cotton balls?
I have beef with Milo Minderbinder he makes my blood boil