Hi Elliot:
> 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 Faber (humanity defined by its ability to create) is i believe outdated by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?
Excellent points. In addition, I always keep in mind that the highest
value in the MOQ is freedom. Thus, in addition to encouraging
craftsmanship and keeping the government's bumbling hands off, the
MOQ would prevent the government from taking from a worker more
than needed to protect the worker's individual freedom. Further,
workers are free to take employment in mindless, repetitive jobs if they
choose to do so, either by dropping out of school or by rejecting an
Orwelian, Marxist society that redistributes wealth from the producer to
the malingerer under the banner, "From each according to his abilities,
to each according to his needs."
In any event, if I read you correctly, we're of the same view, whether
preventing liberals from interfering with how we work or keeping them
out of our pockets.
Platt
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