[Platt] Pirsig knows as well as anyone that pure intellectual pursuits such as philosophy are made possible by those in society who "make money."
[Marsha] Sorry Platt, but you don't know what Pirsig knows. You saying so doesn't make it true. Do you have proof for this opinion? [Arlo] Especially because it is an inane statement. "Making money" is necessary to survive in a capitalist economy, but it is not a prerequisite for "intellectual pursuits such as philosophy", as a simple look back through history would show. Now, _social patterns_ in the larger sense, I'd agree, _are_ a prerequisite for the emergence of intellectual patterns. But "capitalism" is only one of many possible social patterns, which has nothing to do with the quality of intellect that follows. This is just more of that "normative" propaganda mentioned earlier. Say something in passing like it is fact, and it gives it an aura of being factual. You are right to call it out. But then, I'm just a lying, deceitful, commie, anti-freedom "lib". Since only conservatives tell the truth, you can ignore anything I say and listen to Limbaugh instead. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
