From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Oct 18 2005 - 17:18:51 BST
Hi Rebecca,
Pirsig said:.
.
"You go to any socialist city and it's always a dull place because there's
little Dynamic Quality." (Lila, 17)
I presume if he had meant communist cities he would have said so.
By socialism I mean coercive government programs that redistribute
personal income to fund national welfare programs.
Platt
> Hello Platt and everyone...
> Platt said:
> "capitalism is far superior to socialism that so many here support because
> capitalism is open to the influence of Dynamic Quality."
> Rebecca wonders:
> What exactly do you mean by socialism? I'm actually genuinely curious. I
> had this problem when I read Lila as well; I think Pirsig and I have very
> different conceptions of what 'Socialism' is. I live in Canada and, while
> we have a more robust platform of social programs than the US we're still a
> capitalist country. I always thought Pirsig was talking about communism,
> specifically Russian brand Communism with a centrally planned economy, as
> being less dynamic. Just curious on your reading of this bit of the book.
> Rebecca
>
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