Platt to Andre: Pirsig presents his reasons for supporting free market capitalism in Chapter 17 of Lila. To answer your question I suggest you read what he wrote there. I can add nothing. To me his explanation is complete.
and continues: Americans enjoy a very high standard of living. It's a special place to live because it more open to Dynamic Quality than socialist countries. Pirsig cites the dynamism of New York City as an example:...' Andre: This is a bit disappointing Platt 'cos I can quote Pirsig a little further: 'The end of the twentieth century in America seems to be an intellectual, social and economic rustbelt...' (Lila, p310). How do you reconcile (as you claim), Pirsig's support for free market capitalism and his 'verdict' of America being a 'rustbelt' ? Is Mr. Pirsig contradicting himself? Have the commies slipped through and sabotaged things between Chapter 17 and page 310? and continues: Property rights -- the right to keep what you lawfully earn -- is the foundation of individual liberty. Those who are forcibly prevented from keeping what they earn are slaves. Andre: I don't understand what you mean here...if you do not get to keep what you earn you are a slave? Come on Platt. This is not a point scoring exercise. The world is too full of ego's that screw things up as it is. My questions are ligitimate and fair. Andre 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/
