Quoting Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Chris: > > In connection to the discussions regarding Politics and stuff that > has been > > going on here lately I thought I'd ask a question, forgive me if this > had > > been asked and discussed to the end before, but: From a MOQ > perspective, > > what is the goal of politics? I mean, what would a MOQist say that > politics > > should strive for? The Goal then, not why it's there, that's quite > obvious, > > but the goal. > > Good question. My answer is precisely the same as Pirsig's: > > "My personal feeling is that this is how any further improvement of the > world will be done: by individuals making Quality decisions and that's > all. > God, I don't want to have any more enthusiasm for big programs full of > social planning for big masses of people that leave individual Quality > out. > These can be left alone for a while. There's a place for them but > they've > got to be built on a foundation of Quality within the individuals > involved. > We've had that individual Quality in the past, exploited it as a natural > > resource without knowing it, and now it's just about depleted. > Everyone's > just about out of gumption. And I think it's about time to return to the > > rebuilding of this American resource -- individual worth." > > -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance > > In other words, the goal of politics is to encourage individualism. > That's > all. > > Regards, > Platt > > > Platt, > If I may add, that individualism by itself does not focus on the society > That produces it, in fact Individualism by itself promotes a type of > psychosis, I think what Pirsig means is investment Of the individual in > Their society, that they care and contribute to it not leave it in > The dust to pursue individual goals which may or may not include society > At least not purposely. > -Ron
Ron: The historical evidence proves that nothing has contributed more to society than individuals pursuing their goals in a free market. -- Platt ------------------------------------------------- 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/
