Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > Well, why don't you look back through history and provide some evidence? Money > economies have been around since man left the caves. > > [Arlo had said] > 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. > > [Platt] > Where do you see the word "capitalism" in my statement? And where did you get > the idea that philosophy automatically says anything about the "quality of > intellect?" > > [Arlo] > You are attempting to conflate two things that are unrelated. As you can see > above, I specifically state that "social patterns" are indeed a prerequisite > to > "intellectual patterns" (that basic MOQ). But "money" is only one feature of > social patterns. Saying "money" is a prerequisite to intellect is like saying > "roads" or "family" is a prerequisite to intellect. They are certainly often > _part_ of the prerequisite, but any individual variance is not itself what's > responsible. Unless you want to rewrite the MOQ to be > "inorganic-biological-money-intellectual".
Thanks. You agree then that money is a prerequisite to philosophy. Never did I say it was the only prerequisite as you falsely intimate. But you ducked my question about capitalism and the quality of intellect. > [Platt] > to denigrate Platt because his ideas are considered dangerous to the left's > agenda. Bore, bore, bore. > > [Arlo] > Boy, you nailed it. Your ideas are so dangerous to my agenda, my anti-freedom, > aid the terrorists, want American soldiers to die agenda. Why were it not for > noble, honest, freedom-loving conservatives like yourself, we would have > already enslaved the world. Damn you! Note the bitterness, folks. Must of struck a nerve. :-) ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
