Quoting Magnus Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Platt > > Platt Holden wrote: > > I demur. (I like that phrase.) The sole goal of the free market is to > > provide > > goods and services that people under conditions of free choice will find > > of value. > > Hardly, if that was the sole goal, nobody would mind providing those goods > for > free. You're trying to rephrase it in such noble words, but the ultimate goal > of > providing those goods and services is to charge money for them.
Money is simply a medium of exchange between my work and your work. Goods and services don't fall from heaven. They require human effort. > > A society will always occur even if no larger than a family. Further, a > > human society is needed to prevent biological forces from destroying the > > fabric of human survival. > > I would actually not say it's required. I bet there are quite a number of > people > living completely alone in the wilderness all over the globe. They don't die > just because they're separated from society, they can still think > intellectual > thoughts, etc. Ah yes, the Robinson Crusoe pattern. Seems we've discussed this at length before. As I remember, most agreed he wouldn't survive without having a background provided by culture, such as language (to have thoughts) and an understanding of tools. > > I'm promoting individual freedom within a social structure that keeps > > biological forces of destruction at bay. Incidentally, Pirsig reserves > > "society" as he uses the term to human society. > > One of his mistakes, as I've tried to show in this thread. I demure. 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/
