Hi David B.
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> Nevertheless, if we can begin to talk about how to preserve dynamic
> economies and free markets while AT THE SAME TIME making sure that these
> elements are intellectually guided in a way that includes human rights,
> which is clearly the morally superior way to go - well, then I think you're
> really onto something and a real conversation has begun.
You might start the conversation by specifying those human rights that
are not already protected by U.S. law.
> Pirsig is pointing out the good things about free markets and spelling out
> things that economists have never really understood, but its wrong to
> construe his quotes as a blanket endorsement of capitalism, especially
> considering that he explicitly says that socialism is morally superior. You
> know it. Its in one of the quotes you selected. I'm tempted to call you
> names for such an obvious blunder, but let's just say it was a mistake made
> in the heat of the moment.
Speaking of blunders and selective quotes, how come you saw fit to
omit what Pirsig pointed out was the defect in socialism?
"But what the socialists left out and what has all but killed their whole
undertaking is an absence of a concept of indefinite Dynamic Quality.
You go to any socialist city and it's always a dull place because there's
little Dynamic Quality." (Chap. 17)
I can readily accept why conservatives have no clue why capitalism is
so good, as Pirsig explains. But, perhaps you can't accept the pain of
knowing your precious socialism is fatally flawed and morally deficient.
But, if you look for relief from your pain in Canada or Great Britain under
their socialistic health systems, be prepared to get in line for a long
wait. Also, ever since England banned private ownership of hand guns,
crime has skyrocketed. Will do-gooders ever learn?
Platt
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