On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote:
> . Today's conservatives are what Pirsig calls "Neo-Victorians" and they're > trying to take us back to the last static latch, back to social level > values. This is a form of degeneracy far worse than getting a boner at the > cabaret, don't you think? > Where does Pirsig call today's conservatives "Neo-Victorians?" Where does Pirsig call social level values a form of degeneracy?. If the truth be known, the MOQ supports capitalism (conservative) over socialism (liberal) because socialism blocks DQ. Further, in the Baggini interview, Pirsig supports conservatives as a check against liberals gone wild: "As to which is more important, Dynamic or static, both are absolutely essential, even when they are in conflict. As stated in LILA, without Dynamic Quality an organism cannot grow. But without static quality an organism cannot last. Dynamic liberals and radicals need conservatives to keep them from making a mess of the world through unneeded change. Conservatives also need liberals and radicals to keep them from making a mess of the world through unneeded stagnation." Finally, in ZMM Pirsig praises the conservative values of "individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption" and says, "And I think it's about time to return to the rebuilding of this American resource . . . individual worth." Only a radical leftist like dmb would call that degenerate. Platt > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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/
