Reading Libra I'm unsure of what to think of Lee. Is he stupid? or does he have an awareness most of us lack? After all I would be unable to think of myself as a cog in the machine of history. But then again I'm not much of a cog. I don't want to be much of a cog. I like to think that I'm in-control of myself, that I make the right choices rather than best ones.
But lee, he values himself as a critical cog in the machine. He likes to feel like he's important even if he doesn't necessarily agree with what he has to do.
Which begs the question, is Lee a patsy? To me the answer is no. Sure Ferrie may think he's playing him, but Lee seems to be aware of what's going on. He's willing to be their pawn. After all Ferrie does say something to the affect of Lee being a constructed identity that's already built. He doesn't seem to be a pawn but rather a piece of a large puzzle that is the entire conspiracy, along with his co-conspirators who seem to think that they're playing him.
He's willing to be their pawn, because he believes it will eventually get him to Cuba. His mistake is in trusting them, not figuring out that they'll have to throw him under the bus when it's all done. (And Ferrie, while he acknowledges this possibility, also seems to trust that Mackey will do right be Lee.) Is Lee stupid for not thinking that people willing to go to such lengths to commit such a crime wouldn't also be willing to betray him, to whom they have no real connection or responsibility or even common cause?
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