greetings marxists,
Platt stated:
> Liberals simply
> do not understand that to the extent an individual who labors cannot
> keep the product of his labor, he is a slave.
Elliot:
I do agree that the purpose of any political party (liberals not being an
exception) is to subordinate individuals to the greater framework of
society. In this sense i dont believe the MoQ could possibly support any
political party if one truly believes intellect to be moraly justified in
dominating society. But, platt, (thanks for the support by the way) i
dissagree with this statement. It is i think of a dated marxian school of
thought. A worker IS alienated from his labor to the extent that he is
only involved in a small portion of its production and distribution, but
from an MoQ point of view, he is alienated in a more important sense. Homo
Faber (humanity defined by its ability to create) is i believe outdated by
the MoQ, which redefines man by his ability to make value judgements.
Government control over buisness (hey, i am not a fan of corporations or
monopolies in any way, dont get me wrong) alienates the WORKER by limiting
the ammount of control his value judgements have in production. Technology
limits this as well, more in its acceptance of efficency as value #1 and
imposing that on workers, but government regulation works to a smaller
extent on it. Imagine the horror of french craftsman who learned that the
government had decided all cheese must be made with homoginized milk. You
cant make excellent french cheese with homoginized milk! And the german
government imposing brewing restrictions? unacceptable to someone who uses
his own quality judgements to make a fine product.
Again, as of right now the government is not the biggest obstacle to Homo
Arete (i guess, but i think thats mixing latin and greek), but if the
technological imperative were to be abolished this day and menial workers
were to realize their role as craftsmen, a liberal party would become the
biggest repressor and homoginizer of individual value judgements in
relation to production. How does a craftsman reach peace of mind with
government regulation looking over his sholder?
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